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HMC WebServices API for Audit Query of User Profile Data

A WS API interface should be provided to send a WS API request to the HMC with an object target of HMC or CPC to gather the equivalent of the Audit and Log Mgmt task data returned for the User Profile Data selection (includes all subtypes of that).
10 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Planned for future release

Audit all superuser usage

Provide the ability to audit ALL superuser usage.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Add information to the SMF 119-96 and 119-97 records.

SMF record 119 subtype 96 (server transfer completion) and subtype 97 (client transfer completion) each contain a field for execution status. These are SMF_119SSH_FSStat and SMF_119SSH_FCStat respectively. These fields contain one of two values: O...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

JES2 did not issue the $HASP256 message

We hit a problem where JES2 did not issue the $HASP256 message indicating that after a JES2 checkpoint reconfiguration dialog there is no long a value for NEWCKPT1. With the current design of the dialog, it is only the member of the MAS that drive...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Enhance JOBRC

Add a new option to JOBRC. {(SKIPSTEP,stepname[.procstepname]}
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Enhance filtering for SDSF RSYS

Provide enhanced filtering for the SDSF RSYS command. In particular, please allow use of a scope of JESPLEX
about 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

mainframe vulnerability patch or ptf level equivalent information

Over the past years, there have been a regular discussion with our internal auditors about the state (and value) of a vulnerability test for the mainframe. With each audit, the internal auditors have elevated their assessments deeper and deeper in...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS 5 Not under consideration

ISPF Identifiers -- Add option to "Display on own line"

Consider adding a "ISPF Identifier" option to "Display on own line" The ISPF Identifier commands SYSNAME, USERID, PANELID, and SCRNAME share the same 17-character area at the start of the Title line. If more than one of these commands are specifie...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

LISTDATA VOLSPACE from PPRC Secondaries

The command LISTDATA VOLSPACE is not working for PPRC Secondaries located in Subchannel Set 1.We need to query SGCB information from PPRC Secondaries. This is not working:LISTDATA VOLSPACE DEVICE UNITNUMBER(7EA5) SUBCHSET(1) The parameter SUBCHSET...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

Change how Timestamps are presented to users

Currently z/OSMF shows timestamps in UTC format https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.izua700/IZUHPINFO_API_GetJobStatus.htm it states that "Timestamps are presented in the JSON UTC format: "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss....
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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