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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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IBM ShopzSeries should offer a downloada

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0206142613User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0206142613Title: IBM ShopzSeries should offer a downloadable ISO image of z/VMSubmitted By: Mary Hottenstein/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM PackagingFPOC: Dani...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

Ability to use PASSIVE FTP client or not

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0416134059User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0416134059Title: Ability to use PASSIVE FTP client or not via FTP.DATA statement.Submitted By: Francois Lafreniere/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: NS Software SupportF...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

Allow OSAs that are part of a LACP group

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0510116451User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0510116451Title: Allow OSAs that are part of a LACP group to be shared across LPARsSubmitted By: Paul J. Johnson/Mount Pleasant/IBMOriginators Area: North EastFPOC...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

Provide query capability for active exte

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1008082850User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV200802Title: Provide query capability for active external security manager (ESM)Submitted By: Ronald Campbell/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: zSeries TechlineFPOC: ...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

Add CMS pipeline stream input/output to

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1010073210User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV200708Title: Add CMS pipeline stream input/output to DDR to allow writing dump output to a sequence of pipe stages and reading from a pipeline on restore.Submitt...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered