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add su logging to TSO 3.4 and TSO 3.17

With z/os 2.5 and PTF for OA62850 applied. we have SYSLOGD configured with the auth.* setting. If I go into OMVS and issue su with a privileged id it gets logged to the SYSLOGD However, if you use TSO OPTION 3.17 or 3.4 and use su I am able to swi...
4 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Under review

All error messages for shell tools should be complete and NOT require referencing a Messages and Codes manual

Receiving a message like this (example from DSFS dsadm command): IDFS00329E Could not set creation parameters, return code 126 reason code ED07621A. Is confusing and meaningless to the average OMVS shell user. They are not used to finding a messag...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 4 Not under consideration

Concurrent Copy SDM_TE search enhancement

The Concurrent Copy SDM_TE searches get worse the more Point-In-Time track images are stored in the ANTMAIN dataspaces. This delays the Concurrent Copy request past the expected completion time. In our case, what was expected to be 5 to 6 hours of...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 0 Future consideration

Add HMC Event Monitoring option to include HW MSG Details

Background: Environment uses HMC Event Monitoring to send emails when an event is open against a CEC (Ex: Call Home .*Service authorization.*# any Service authorization messages). That email does NOT include the IBM case number that is assigned. W...
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Planned for future release

Provide new functionality to schedule the import of SMF data to the zNA database

Batch is the preferred method provide the ability to invoke a batch job to import data into the zNA database, outside of zNA, that can be submitted manually or scheduled via a job scheduler or some other scheduled process (i.e., daily) allow the b...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

PKI client service within z/OS to access external PKI for certificate request/(auto)approval

PKI Services (z/OS2.5) supports the following EST functions:1. cacerts: requests the EST CA certificates (the whole chain of the issuers' certificates) using Simple PKI Request.2. simpleenroll: requests a certificate with supplied public key using...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

zSORT should be able to use Virtual Flash Memory instead of using disk in case of memory shortage

Today, many financial companies use Virtual Flash Memory (VFM) in their zSystems. However, this feature has a limited number of users on z/OS. And there's also TBs of memory on VFM. Why DFSORT or DB2 SORT utilites do not use VFM to improve the per...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

SDSF panel CFS doesn't show primary duplexed structures

The CFS SDSF panel can be very useful when it comes to checking upon CF structures allocation. Whenever we have to start a new CFRM policy either for moving structures or migrating CF images we use it to check the placement of the structures after...
10 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

FCTOPPRCP(PRESMIRREQ) failures with ADR935W, while deleting numerous data set just finished Flash Copy on a volume.

System : z/OS V2R3 / DS8886 R8.2 SP 5.1 - 88.25.8.0 (Same configuration MM Primary and MM Secondary) We run several jobs that consists of DFSMSdss Flash Copy with Preserved Mirror and delete the Flash Copied data set at the same time in daily.We s...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

COBOL source input stored as compressed encrypted part of load module

Hi, to avoid loss of COBOL (or any other) source code in the future can the IBM compilers please generate a load module that stores inside it the full COBOL source input in a compressed and encrypted form which is then wrapped and protected before...
29 days ago in z/OS / Program Management/Binder 0 Submitted