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Support NRETRIEV in the ISPF workplace panel

ISPF option 11, the ISPF Workplace, should support the use of the NRETRIEV command so that previously used names can be easily retrieved. Why make me type the name again?
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

z/OSMF is lacking by not supporting a valid Policy Agent construct, PortGroup.

Hello, z/OSMF is lacking by not supporting a valid Policy Agent construct, PortGroup.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Enhance System SSL tracing

Enhance z/OS System SSL trace to produce a more descriptive/interpreted display of all the fields for CLIENT-HELLO and SERVER-HELLO messages instead of just a hex dump.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SSL 2 Not under consideration

VSAM Verify to repair control blocks

If VSAM open feedback indicates improperly closed VSAM, we would like to have VSAM open to implicitly drive VSAM Verify one time and re-drive the open request. This is to be done in a fashion that application requesting OPEN is successful in the c...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 3 Not under consideration

SMF119-Domain Name

Have SMF119 record keep Domain Name of Local and Remote in the record.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Include IRRPRMXX parms in RVARY LIST output

Request to update the RVARY LIST command's output to include all possible parameters which could be specified in the PARMLIB(IRRPRMxx) RACF data set name table member. Currently, parms such as BUFFERS, UPDATEBACKUP are not in the output; thus user...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

additional information for certificates in keystores

additional information for certificates in keystores (RACF, .kdb, .jks )Data-installation-fieldLast-use-date for certificatesLast-use-date for keyrings and certificates in keyrings plus SMF-records for certificates (also information in logs, cms,…...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Add LOC= parameter on RACROUTE EXTRACT macro

The z/OS Security Server RACROUTE EXTRACT macro only support returning a 24bit EXTRACT response area. The response info may exceed the amount of 24bit storage in an MVS address space. We would like support to be added for a LOC=ANY parameter so th...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

zOSMF Configuration Assistant Multi-User Support

Enhancements to zOSMF Configuration Assistant to allow for multi-user access.1. Browse only capability to allow multiple users to browse Configuration Assistant while a single user has update capability.2. Action only capability to allow multiple ...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Warning message when the LSA size becomes critical (near hardware MTU size)

IBM Health Checker or OMPROUTE should issue a warning message when the size of the LSAs become critical (near full according to the size of the hardware interface MTUs).The message should be issued before any fragmentation for the Link State Updat...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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