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z/OS

Add jobname/userid to BPXP005I messages

Currently, when the BPXP005I message is issued, there is no indication of the originating job name or user ID. As a result, system programmers must manually investigate to determine which user or job is generating the message, significantly slowin...
13 days ago in z/OS / USS Submitted

Not evident what to look for when receiving the message: "*IRA131E CRITICAL HIGH COMMON STORAGE SHORTAGE"

During a major change in a production Sysplex LPARs, we have received the *IRA131E message due to a problem with an IMS component not releasing memory and found that it is not evident what to look for in order to locate the exact type of frames in...
13 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) Submitted

Limitating Installation History in .policy files under USS

For Users that like to configure their Network with z/OSMF Network Configuration Assistant, this would be useful. The History in the backing store of z/OSMF can be limitet to a certan amount you want or you can leave it be and everything will be s...
13 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

saving and naming of filter

making it easier to switch between tasks.
13 days ago in z/OS / SDSF Future consideration

Allow HEAPCHK / STORAGE / ABTERMENC to be modified via CLER

I order to allow for easier debugging of COBOL application user heap overlays under CICS, it would be helpful to allow for HEAPCHK to be part of the subset of run-time options that are modifiable via CLER. Often times HEAPCHK needs to be used in c...
17 days ago in z/OS / LE Submitted

"New Password/Pass Phrase Invalid" message should appear after the first attempt

In a change Password/Pass Phrase process, you must enter it twice, and after this second reenter, RACF can show you the "New Password/Pass Phrase Invalid" message if the new password or password phrase does not meet the security policies defined i...
17 days ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

SMPE APPLY: Support ++SRC Element Data Residing in USS

Hi,We are trying to manage our IMS Internal Assembler/Cobol sources using git. Git Clone to USS & then we were trying to point TXLIB in SRC to a USS path directly rather than having a dataset. Currently SMP/E has no capability for element data...
17 days ago in z/OS / SMP/E Future consideration

Crypto Card Enhancement

We would like to have the Crypto Card to be able to handle most encryption instructions. With continuous focus on encryption and the requirement of stronger ciphers, current Crypto Card co-processor and Accelerator modes aren’t providing enough of...
19 days ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility Submitted

Support for RFC4880 bis

Hello, I opened the case TS021983792 about this topic. we have a partner that is using GNUPG 2.2.20 and the key generation is using an RFC4880bis which is not compatible with encryption facility. could you provide support for this new RFC4880 bis ...
19 days ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility Planned for future release

Correct the USS_PARMLIB healthcheck

The USS_PARMLIB healthcheck compares the active runtime config against the contents of BPXPRMxx and flags any differences. The problem is that is flags ANY differences, even if they are functionally/semantically equivalent. For example, if you add...
20 days ago in z/OS / USS Submitted

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