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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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    LDAP Server Definitions - Different Ports and SSL for Primary and Backup

    With the current configuration options I'm able to define two hosts (primary and backup) however I'm only able to define a single port which must then match for both hosts. I need the option/flexibility to assign different settings for each host l...
    10 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Allow for debugging on the HMC when configuring a Syslog Server

    Currently a Syslog Server can be configured on the HMC but there is no option to validate the connection from the HMC end. The only option the HMC offers is to send a ping. However, when the Syslog Server connection using a TLS connection the ping...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

    LDAP Server Definitions - Allow testing and validation

    With the current option is only possible to define the Primary and Backup hosts with a port and separate Bind DN. It would be great to offer the function to test the connection (with a ping for non-SSL and a handshake for SSL connections) and vali...
    9 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Usage of certificate instead of userid/password for log data transfer

    To improve the user management process on the Mainframe HMC we want to implement regular automated reviews of the users that do have access to the HMC including the user settings.Instead of using the WebAPI we are planning to regularly send the re...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Future consideration

    Notification Of A New MCL Release (HMC/SE)

    Would it be possible to get a notification when a new MCL Bundle has been released for HMC and SE Code for zSeries Mainframes? This would save checking z15, z16, z17 and HMCs to see if there has been a new MCL Bundle released for anything. The not...
    3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Mask LPAR data in multi customer environment

    We are a service provider managing multiple customers sharing the same mainframe CPC.Our need is to avoid a customer can read LPAR usage data belonging to other customer (different group capacity).In other words we have multiple LPAR group (one fo...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 5 Not under consideration

    Allow CBU real activation during CBU test

    Allow CBU real activation during CBU test.
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 6 Planned for future release

    Coupling Facility - channel status

    Whenever there is an HCD IO activation to delete CF links from the CF LPARs, the channels are indeed deleted and no longer available for use, however somehow they remain on the CFCC and showing up on the zOS Display CF command outputs as follows :...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Parallel Sysplex 0 Future consideration

    STP handle multiple DST dates

    Z15 with multiple LPARs using multiple daylight savings dates. Meaning some are US Central, US Eastern which can be setup using the Image profile time offset and be automatically changed using STP Daylight savings option as their DST falls on the ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Server Time Protocol (STP) 5 Not under consideration

    We need a capacity dashboard to keep track of capacity usage for CoD offerings

    Customer wants to know how much time they have spent activating their flex capcity, OOCoD etc.
    7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Planned for future release

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