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Honour the CLIST keyword on SEARCH when UID is specified

The SEARCH command in RACF does not honour the CLIST keyword if UID is specified. This is documented behaviour insofar as the manual states that all other keywords are ignored if UID is specified. However it is very unhelpful and could simply be a...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Create a user OMVS segment field to contain a umask value that would apply to file creation and chmod

Please enhance RACF to add a user OMVS segment field to contain a umask value that would apply to file creation and chmod.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

z/OS Sysplex accross z/VM SSI members

The current design of z/VM allows a Sysplex to be set up on one z/VM environment and cannot be spread between different members of a SSI. RFE opened for requesting a solution for running a z/OS Sysplex across the systems of a z/VM Cluster.
over 6 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

Specify NONOVR for RUNOPTS at the application level

We would like a way to specify NONOVR at the application level (CELQUOPT CEEXOPT), similar to the region level https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea500/clfdop64.htm#clfdop64Currently, the NONOVR/OVR are not...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Write IEFC001I and IEFC002I information to SMF

At the point where IEFC001I and IEFC002I messages are produced, also write this information to SMF. The record should indicate if it was a cataloged procedure (the IEFC001I infomation) or an INCLUDE group, the member used, whether it came from a p...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Need a display to show what ports are not reserved

Very often we are asked to find ranges of ports for new applications to use. We usually use the netstat -o option to find what is reserved then work backwards. This is a bit clunky as you have mixes of ports and port ranges that you have to accoun...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

D ICEOPT

Hello, Proposal to create a "D ICEOPT" command. Recently we discovered that some obsolete/undocumented options were preventing the ICETPEX from being invoked. There was another LPAR in the plex which did NOT have these undocumented options and the...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Variable length record INCLUDE substring comparison VLSHRT VLSCMP

I'm interested in the substring comparison specification in DFSORT's INCLUDE statement. It would be nice if the (p1,m1,SS, EQ|NE,constant) specification for a substring comparison allowed for setting m1=0 to indicate from p1 to the end of the reco...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

IP ADDR filter option in TRACE RESOLVER and/or CTRACE RESOLVER

We want to have the option of including a filter by IP address when we capture Trace Resolver or Ctrace Resolver.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

zERT Information for Self-Signed Certificates with no Valid Serial Numbers

We want zERT SMF 119 records to report on all Certificates even if they do not have a Serial number or valid Serial Number like Self-Signed Certificates. You do not report on these self-signed certificates and need these reported on.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration