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Provide iNotify subsystem as on Linux and LoZ

This is a request to have an 'inotify' subsystem on z/OS, as currently exists on Linux and LoZ. There's no API on z/OS to monitor activity on directories, and poll() can only monitor files, sockets, etc. - but not directories.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Compute node HA

HA for compute node services (pcs nova, cinder, neutron etc)
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Future consideration

NMI support for OpenSSH SMF record type 119 94-98

We would like to collect SMF records for sftp 119 subtypes 94-98. We are currently using the NMI to collect SMF 119 records and report on them. Can we get these records via the NMI? Seems inconsistent to us to provide some records via the NMI and ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 3 Future consideration

UPDATE RACF APPCLU SESSKEY ENCRYPTION

o We are unable to connect JES2 NODES when SIGNON=SECURE is specified on systems secured by RACF and those secured by CA ACF2 and CA Top Secret. Nodes where RACF is in use on both NODES are connecting successfully albeit with a non-FIPS 140-2 comp...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Have the functionality (PS to PSE) added to the DSS product.

We are moving data using ADRDSSU from legacy systems without any advanced dataset functionality to systems that support EAVS and hardware compression. The inability to replace PSE datasets with PS datasets is causing the restore jobs to finish CC ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

The mail-handling stop in JES2EDS until the failing mail has manually been removed from Queue.

If someone make an error in the Notify-parameter the mail-handling stop i JES2EDS until the failing mail has manually been removed using the $PS($EDSQ0xx),ONERROR-JES2-command.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Allow ML2 parameter for the MIGRATE SG and MIGRATE VOLUME parameters.

Customers may encounter a situation where their HSM ML1 volumes have filled and yet they still need more space in the storage groups for production data. Customers can use the MIGRATE SG command or the MIGRATE VOLUME command. However, the ML2 subp...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

API/ Plugin to be used for data transferring to vendors- using zOSMF FTP servers definition

Create an API or plugin to be used to transfer data to vendors. we already have all vendors defined on zosmf FTP server definitions I know incident log has this features, including adding any dataset to an existing incident log entry, but we´re no...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Permit reuse of Kerberos TGS for tickets with lifespan less than that of the TGT

Integrated Security Services NetworkAuthentication Service / Kerberos: Change TGS/Service Ticket issuing behavior. As described in the referring PMR, we have discovered that if the lifespan of a TGT is greater than the default lifespan of a TGS se...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Network Authentication Service 1 Future consideration

Fix XCF message 'Job awaiting access to XCF data paths

The message 'Job awaiting access to XCF data paths' at RMF Job Delays panel, may not mean the job is really ran into delay awaiting access to XCF. It may be necessary to analize some others RMF panel details to find out if that message is related ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 3 Future consideration