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z/OSMF workflow engine to provide access to zOSMF JWT/LTPA token

When creating a zOSMF workflow step that invokes an External RESTapi, it would be useful to have access to the current z/OSMF user's JWT token in order to use the bearer token in an API call for other z/OS services. APIs that go through Zowe's API...
8 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Improve availability of Z/OS WLM application Environment in Sysplex with DB2 Data sharing

There is a design issue with the Z/OS WLM application Environment for Data sharing Systems. In Data Sharing Environment we noticed that WLM abend on one LPAR resulted in Sysplex wide Impact. The basic principle of Data Sharing is high availability...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Future consideration

zERT - Support Filtering zCX traffic

A zERT rule must be able to manage and handle traffic targeting a docker container within zCX to align enforcement of used ciphers. zERT offers the great capabilities to manage which ciphers can be used but a running zCX remains being a black box ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Archived workflows add user specified directory path to the API call

POST /zosmf/workflow/rest/<version>/workflows/<workflowKey>/operations/archive In the GUI it is possible to archive workflows to a specific directory. However in the API it don't see the same functionality. Add header where a path can ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

System wide System SSL Settings

We would like the ability to set system wide System SSL settings at IPL time. We would like a configuration, where we can permanently disable legacy SSL settings (protocols, ciphers, ecurves, keysizes, etc.). Currently, it is up to each Applicatio...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SSL 1 Future consideration

Facility class for ICKDSF miss option adding a generic volume list

In our shop only storage guys are allowed to initialize a volume. Meaning having required access to facility class STGADMIN.ICK.INIT/REFORMAT/etc. So whenever a sysprog want to reformat or init a specific named range of volumes named ie ABC%%% the...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF 2 Future consideration

Need an API to provide additional timer synchronization information (i.e. D ETR) for SDSF

SDSF needs an API to gather 'timing' information such as ETS ID, STRATUM 1 NODE, Preferred Time Server/Backup Time Server/Arbiter (output of D ETR command) to implement new fields/panels in SDSF. Description/use case: Customers can configure STP o...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 0 Future consideration

Add Batch job name to report besides the default Userid

The current process for reporting on changes to PDS/PDSE members for any add, deletes, updates, changes will list only the userid. The client currently uses PDSMAN, and STOW option, and this report also list changes made by batch jobs. The batch j...
3 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

SMF Subtype reporting

z/OS 2.4 offers new way of reporting SMF subtypes. It provides a report on record type and subype. However, it would be nice, if this report would show how many record type and subtype records were produced per System. This functionality can be ac...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Future consideration

Customization of required jobs for DB2 RSU maintenances based on hold action

This will be useful for those who does quarterly RSU maintenances for DB2 for z/OS. Once the holdaction is ready, there should be a mechanism which can create the required jobs and customize based on the hold action. This can seek the required fie...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration