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.

ADD A NEW IDEA

All ideas

Showing 1784

RMF API JSON Support.

It would be nice to get JSON support for RMF APIs. Rightnow it only support XML.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workload Management - limited interaction within sysplex boundaries

Workload Management task interactions with sysplex are limited to the sysplex in which the z/OSMF host system is a member. It would be helpful if the Workload Management info could be updated, installed and activated across all sysplex's from a ce...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Install correct USER DIRECT when selecting non-SSI install

When installing zVM 7.3 we chose the option non-SSI install, but the USER DIRECT that was included is in the format of SSI/SSI Ready. This means that when companies grow their system beyond the very limited 8 nodes of SSI they will have to manuall...
about 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

(MUFG) When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the updated VOLCAT information shoud be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning

When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the customer wants that the updated "VOLCAT name + VOLSER name of the VOLCAT" should be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 3 Future consideration

Report on the database minidisks used by the RACF server via the RACONFIG interface (Diagnose x'0A0' subfunction 0050)

The RACONFIG interface returns the DataSet Descriptor Table (DSDT) when diagnose 0A0-0050 is called with the TYPDSDT bit set.This returns the pairs of primary/backup data set names / file names, that by default map to RACFVM 200/300 210/310 211/31...
about 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Management ability to hide Software Instances

Within z/OSMF's Software Management plugin, we need the ability to hide or separate the viewing of the different Software Instances to secure sensitive information and also ease of use.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

Restore Docker Daemon logging levels by suppressing confidential user config.json information

Currently the Docker Daemon dumps the contents of a user's config.json file into the zCX joblog (SYSPRINT) if there is a syntax error in the Dockerfile (e.g. missing "\" continuation on RUN command or perhaps other situations). The user's config.j...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF.

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF, it should be useful it's color can be changed to black so one can work efficiently as traditional ISPF
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF: Add ability to restore an archived workflow

It would be nice to be able to restore an archived workflow.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflow Editor Should Support Longer Step Description

We create rich-text descriptions for our workflow steps. They look great when displayed by the z/OSMF Workflow task. Unfortunately, it is currently impossible to make minor text corrections using the workflow editor as it supports only very short ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.