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Provide a Wizard in ISMF Panels to create the necessary details to set up OAM

It would be helpful if ISMF had a WIZARD function to help generate the details needed to setup OAM. OAM requires SMS (ACS code and Constructs), DB2 Tables, and OAM CBROAMxx Parmlim, IGDSMSxx parmlib to be set up. A Wizard could provide the structu...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Not under consideration

ISPF Table TBHIDE and TBFLIP functions

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

RACF Profile BPX.SAFFASTPATH

Make BPX.SAFFASTPATH more granular (e.g., add userids and access) or add another profile with a userid and access authority to USS resources. Access to UNIX services and resources (e.g. IPC queues) requires many, many SAF Router (IRRSXT00) calls f...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

bsearch library function for Metal C

Given the Metal C run-time library includes qsort, it should include bsearch
about 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

ID Token support in pthread_security_np et al

Please add RACF/SAF ID token support to pthread_security_np and pthread_security_applid_np C library functions (and underlying BPXnTLS etc) so that an ID token can be passed as the "identity" parameter to these functions. Oh and please do Java too...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Create R_ADMIN (IRRSEQ00) Exit Point

We'd like an exit point create for the R_ADMIN (IRRSEQ00) callable services interface.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Automatic RACF SWITCH database command if a logical error occurs

The RACF should identify a severe logical error in your database and make the automatic switch database, as happens the switch automatically when the an I/O error occurs. The switch database can be to the backup database or another.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

HMC LDAP Enhancement with different DirectoryEntryLocation

We use LDAP to authenticate the users to the hmc. We have 2 LDAP Servers with different Directory Entry Location. At the HCM User Management it is possible to define a Backup Host Name, but it is not possible to assing to the Backup Host Name a di...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Not under consideration

JSON parser

JSON parser toolkit does not allow the creation of an array as the root object which is a valid JSON construct. It is possible to create a root array object by parsing "[]" but the create service does not allow additional objects to be added to a ...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 3 Future consideration

Add <refresh> option in Manage PCI System Services panel

The Manage PCI System Services panel doesn't have a refresh option, so when we configure the CHP of/on to z/OS, the status is not updated, we need to cancel out of the panel and go back in. It would save time if a <refresh> option were provi...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

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