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IEA370I - Add CONSOLE command to display active MASTCAT (e.g. F CATALOG,MASTCAT)

For auditing purposes it is important to be able to identify the active master catalog. Currently during IPL IEA370I message is issued to display the master catalog, but the message comes too early to be found in SYSLOG or captured by basic automa...
5 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Submitted

add a TN3270 configuration option to disable the check for Server name & Certificate name to match

Configurable Option to disable Verify Certificate We have encountered a situation with our TKEs at RBC. We had LPAR site certificates included in the TN3270 ring before and removed thus only TN3270 user certificate is in the keyring. More specific...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 0 Submitted

Make Point-and-shoot fields uneditable

ISPF Point-and-shoot fields are of great help to ISPF users. They enable the user to conveniently "shoot" commands while being with the cursor in the context of the action. Point-and-shoot fields comes with another great User Setting: Tab to point...
12 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Provide consistent easy RCF link from all formats

Provide an easy way to submit reader comments, consistent between the HTML and PDF versions, with adequate instructions. Currently the PDF versions link to a documentation page that does not have an obvious link for reader comments.
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Documentation 1 Submitted

Remove DES as an option for password encryption for newer releases of RACF

Please can you consider removing DES as an option in RACF in a future release of z/OS & RACF, to force sites to upgrade to KDFAES. I teach a lot of Auditors about Mainframe Security and they are very surprised to learn that DES is still a thin...
8 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Enhance SuperC (ISRSUPC) to Add Option to Suppress Report Headers

Using SuperC in Batch (ISRSUPC) the ability to suppress the report headers would be helpful for applications that only need the report data.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Allow HSM to have a provision for date/time overwrite in MIGRATE command (same as BACKDS).

Currently the only way to update the original date/time when a file is migrated is with a PATCH command. Please allow HSM MIGRATE command to set this date like the BACKDS command does
12 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Submitted

Drop the requirements for VSAM RLS/Sysplex Structure

To make possible to use the new EzNoSQL database without a sysplex.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 2 Submitted

JES2EDS : add card SYSTCPD to specifiy stack affinity

Hello, Our TCPIP is the default stack and the RESOLVER has this definition. We would use JES2EDS on secondary stack TCPIPA. Because our z/OSMF uses stack TCPIPA. Usually we need to add a SYSTCPD DD on the proc to force the use of this specific fil...
28 days ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Submitted

Resolving Persistent Fabric Monitor Exceptions

Following a valid fabric monitor exception additional exceptions are received highlighting DDB/Manufactured errors. These exceptions persist after the source of the exception is resolved until the check is deleted, and health checker is stopped an...
30 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Submitted

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