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Expand CFRM structure limit beyond 2048

I would like to see the CFRM policy structure limit increased beyond 2048, possibly 3072. I am pushing the 2048 limit currently.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Planned for future release

z/VM support of thin provisioned ECKD Volumes | HCP9050W CP-OWNED volume is on a Space-Efficient DASD.

z/VM does not support IPL from Thin thin provisioned ECKD Volumes. Preconfigured DS8880 (with thin provisioned) can't be used for z/VM system disks. Preconfigured HDS VSP G1000 (with thin provisioned) works fine for z/VM system disks (HDS VSP G100...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

LDAP for zOS - Implement serchFilterSizeLimit

System: IBM Tivoli Directory for z/OS Tivoli Directory Server is used to implement SUDO functionality like described in https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.17/sudoers.ldap.man.html, that generate automaticlly a search filter with many predicates using IP ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Apply dynamically HW CRYPTO definitions to z/VM

Changes in z System LPAR activation profile regarding CRYPTO definitions can not be made dynamically available to a LPAR running z/VM. Today it is necessary to shutdown the z/VM and perform a LPAR deactivate followed by LPAR activation. This is an...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

Change IDCAMS Diagnose so it can process large numbers of catalog records

IDCAMS Diagnose is currently limited in the amount of entries it can process. It should be modified to process very large numbers of catalog entries as catalogs can now exceed the 4GB limit and access as Extended Attribute datasets. Diagnose curre...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

Enhancement on CCA/ICSF to support RSA Public Key size 8192 UKDS6 and UKDS7

Enhancement on ICSF/CCA to support RSA Public key size of 8192 on UKDS6 as well as UKDS7.
about 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 7 Planned for future release

DS8950F TCT Monomode Fiber connection

We need to create a cross infrastructure at a distance not supported by multimode fiber. The availability of single-mode 10Gb cards is therefore required
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 2 Planned for future release

Devsup Report of all parameters including defaults

Have one report to display all the fields and value for all parameters that are in DEVSUP member. Today, we have to doc the multiple places to validate fields. See use case.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 2 Planned for future release

OSA internal clock sync with host time

I am requesting that the internal OSA clock time be synchronized with an external time source. It could be the CEC/STP time or it could be an NTP source.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Planned for future release

Do not check CDUSE for an active LPA queue CDE.

Do not check CDUSE for an active LPA queue CDE. When more than 32767 LOAD requests for a module on the active LPA queue have been issued, with no corresponding DELETE, this would prevent message CSV002I from being issued and subsequent LOADs for t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 0 Planned for future release

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