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Show device status when issuing V xxxx,ONLINE

When I issue the command vary device command to bring ONE device online the command does not automatically the volume that was brought online. If I issue a vary device command to bring more than one device online, the command will automatically sh...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 2 Not under consideration

Formatting Method PKOAEP2 in callable service CSNDPKE

Implement the PKOAEP2 formatting method (RSA DSI PKCS #1 v2.1 RSAES-OAEP) in the callable service CSNDPKE (PKA Encrypt). Currently PKOAEP2 is available in the callable services CSNDSYX and CSNDSYI2.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Planned for future release

RACF interface to PAGENT to allow users to access pagent defined resources

When we are in our disaster recovery environment we have users that access it via vpn. We block most ip addresses unless they tell us to add it to pagent. One user had a different ip addr each time he logged in and had to contact us to add it to t...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

simplify repair actions of broken crypto cards

If a crypto card has broken in zHW, it is very complex to bring a replaced card in production again. Two or more people has to be at TKE to do that. Usually, this people are not at standby, so it could last a couple of days to be fully redundant a...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

VOLSER in an AUTOIPL Policy

We would like the AUTOIPL Policy (contained in a DIAGnn member) to accept a VOLSER for MVS (for both LOAD Address and LOADPARM) and SADMP specifications. Upon interpreting the DIAGnn member, I would expect the code to issue a UCBSCAN (or whatever ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

SMF to retry INMEM Log stream after an IPL

After an IPL, SMF attempts to open the INMEM logstream prior to ACF2 completing initialization. This fails so SMF doesn't write to any log streams. We would like SMF to either retry or have a way to start SMF after the SAF resources are available.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

NCA FTP is broken

Prior to a recent update, we could use FTP within NCA to send our generated policies to other LPARs. Now FTP does not support application controlled FTP, breaking our AT-TLS rules and resulting in a failure of NCA FTP to connect. To continue using...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF ability to toggle/save filters

We need the ability to toggle on/off or save filters within Incident Log (and others if they apply).
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Policy Based Routing to work for Sysplex Distributor traffic and VIPAROUTE

Let's say I have two Sysplex Distributor LPARs in the same Sysplex. I would like traffic that comes into S:D1 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over one set of OSA and traffic that comes into S:D2 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over a different set of OSAs. I ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Add LDAP CDP Server and OCSP support to NSSD

Add OCSP and LDAP support for certificate revocation checking in NSSD
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

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