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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).


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Incorporate Redbook "System Programmer's Guide to z/OS System Logger" into z/OS Sysplex Pu

The IBM Redbook "System Programmer's Guide to: z/OS System Logger", SG24-6898-01, dated July 2007, Second Edition, is unequivocally an unequalled treasure of information and technical content that is nowhere to be found in any of the three base z/...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Parallel Sysplex 2 Delivered

Add zEDC usage information to Type 30 records

<p>Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSMVSE14006: Voting Priority=2.7.</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Installations that pe...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 2 Delivered

PLAC0608-1161 Improve OSA-ICC server with password protection

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: La Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0608-1161 Improve OSA-ICC server with password protectionHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Close...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Delivered

PLAC0309-1217 Increase the number of 16 cryptographic domains per CEC

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: La Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0309-1217 Increase the number of 16 cryptographic domains per CECHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Statu...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

PLAC1212-1559 Reducing the chances of human errors when physically dealing with disk subsystems

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC1212-1559 Reducing the chances of human errors when physically dealing with disk subsystemsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Co...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 3 Delivered

PLAC1112-1550 Provide more logical channel subsystems per CEC

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC1112-1550 Provide more logical channel subsystems per CECHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Close...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Delivered

PSHB1111-1464 HMC is not logging in detail as it should be

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: tola20@handelsbanken.seSubmitters Company: SHB PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PSHB1111-1464 HMC is not logging in detail as it should beHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: R...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

Enhance OSA/SF functionality on the zEC1

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1021134157User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1021134157Title: Enhance OSA/SF functionality on the zEC12 HMC/SE (GA2 Driver 15)Submitted By: Tony Isch/Fort Wayne/IBMOriginators Area: Central RegionFPOC: Richar...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

CSFTTCP increasing CPU

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0930116448User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0930116448Title: CSFTTCP increasing CPUSubmitted By: Massimo Pirotta/Italy/IBMOriginators Area: ItalyFPOC: John Petreshock/Poughkeepsie/IBM Steven Hart/Poughkeepsi...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 4 Delivered

Set the DES master key or SYM-MK without TSO.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0126073531User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0126073531Title: Set the DES master key or SYM-MK without TSO.Submitted By: Stanley Jon/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: Ontario CanadaFPOC: John Petreshock/Poughkeeps...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 4 Delivered