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z/OS

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Non-intrusive catalog reorg/transformation to RLS-managed

A completely non-intrusive reorg function is needed to migrate non-RLS catalog to RLS catalog. The strategic direction for z/OS catalogs is RLS management so it behoves IBM / Mainstar to develop a completely non-intrusive function to transform non...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Not under consideration

Allow System Symbols in keyword name automount policy

I want to have a single entry in automount policy that covers all LPARs in a sysplex. Instead, I have to have an entry for each because I cannot use &SYSNAME in the name component.(Case TS002611927 is not allowed in PMR field)
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates fo

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates for audit events SECURITY_FORM_LOGIN and SECURITY_FORM_LOGOUT Auditable security eventshttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgec...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Avoid hang of System Logger's End-of-Memory Resource Manager IXGR1EOT

A hang of System Logger's End-of-Memory (EOM) Resource Manager IXGR1EOT prevented effective cleanup for 4 minutes thus also locking out other relevant EOM Resource Managers during this period.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 0 Planned for future release

Secure RMF CPC panel

We are looking for a supported way to secure the RMF CPC Capacity panel (ERB3BFI) to restrict access to technical support staff only (whilst allowing access to all other panels) I have not been able to find anything in manuals that describes a for...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Java Support for AT-TLS aware and controlling applications

In order to provide an AT-TLS aware or controlling application that is written in Java, you need to be able to call the IOCTL() function from a JAVA native call (JNI) written in C or assembler. The call also needs to provide access to the socket d...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Enhance SDSF Log Read Options

Please provide an option to filter for specific messages when reading the log. ISFLOGSTARTDATE works to set a starting date with ISFLOGSTOPDATE setting the ending date for the search. Having something like ISFLOGMSG option to limit the results to ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Change of behaviour for the USS 'tail' command

The USS 'tail -1 <file>' command is outputting 2 lines if the final line in a file does not end with a new-line character: >cat tt aaa bbb ccc>>od -h tt 0000000000 81 81 81 15 82 82 82 15 83 83 83 0000000013 >tail -1 tt bb...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Planned for future release

MONITORING CF LINKS

IBM defined a specific msg-ID IXL158I to identify CF Link with status NOT OPERATIONAL but we don't have msg-ID when the link is ONLINE-DEGRADED. Instead, link DEGRADED is provided as a result of the command /D CF,CFNM=CFXX but isn't the more effic...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

Copy the DFP Segment when creating a new Dataset Profile using ADDSD command with the FROM parameter.

We are implementing Pervasive Encryption on our disk datasets by using the CSFKEYS class and the DFP Segment on the dataset profile. Lets say you have a profile PRDZZ.** and that profile has a DFP segment of DFP(ZZ.SMS.XYZ123). If I need to create...
11 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration