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z/OSMF Software Deployment - Add workflows

Unable to add customer specific "workflow" in a software deployment.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Allow to offload records at SMF LOGSTREAM, with OPTIONS(ARCHIVE) for specific SID or allow with OPTIONS(DUMP) with offload and delete for a specific SID.

As we already know, that IFASMFDL SMF offload utility with OPTIONS (ARCHIVE) does not allow us to offload with specific to a SYSID when more than 1 LPAR are connected to the same Log Stream and at the same time on other hand with the OPTIONS (DUMP...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Add connection pooling support to the web enablement toolkit

We would like to have a connection option that could be specified by using the HWTHSET service. This option would allow applications to enable connection pooling. We are already taking advantage of similar functionality on CICS where we are using ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 1 Future consideration

provide selective backup/restore capability for in progress Software Install configuration date

Recently we went back to see the results of an earlier configuration change and in hast believe we replied incorrectly to a warning about losing all later configuration information (which in this case was quite extensive and time consuming to do o...
7 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

zOSMF - NCA allow to delete default 'Security Levels'

Since a recent upgrade the NCA introduced the capability to delete or add all the default rules which is an appreciated feature. Whereas this idea focuses on the extension of the same functionality to the 'Security Levels'. As we only operate on c...
8 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Enhance DSFS CreateParm to support masking for the path

The createparm path is currently a high-level-qualifier of one or more levels. It needs to be more granular such as hlq.*.ASM or hlq.*.EXEC as this makes more sense as all ASM would be FB 80 and EXEC would be either FB 80 or VB 255 depending on th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

Expanding CCA Callable Services and Crypto Express Support for zCX/OCP

Presently, there exists a limitation in invoking CCA (Common Cryptographic Architecture) callable services, particularly those pertinent to financial services, (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=services-financial) from Java applications...
10 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

could we have AOPBATCH part of the z/OS and not dependant of having InforPrint Server ?

AOPBATCH is better than BPXBATCH
over 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

RMF Above the bar storage

When you have multiple input files for Post Processor reports that span many intervals, you may reach your above the line user region limit and get an 0C4 without a clue of that could have happened. This forces you to break one Post Processor job ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Enable zERT to Detect Partial/Failed Secure Handshakes

We would like an enhancement to zERT reporting that would detect a failed or otherwise incomplete SSL/TLS or SSH handshake/negotiation in order to distinguish it from a fully unencrypted connection. Right now zERT marks connections that failed to ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

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