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Allow to populate inactive logger couple dataset with logger policy

When preparing a new sysplex, it is possible to populate other couple datasets like CFRM and SFM in advance with a suitable policy, so that the policies are in place right from the first start of the sysplex. This would be especially useful to be ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 3 Not under consideration

DFDSS COPY jobs - allow user to determine if a copy job issues RC4 or RC8 for a missing dataset

We get an RC4 for COPY step with a missing dataset. We also get RC4 for a COPY of a PE (prevasivelky encrypted) file that was OPEN when the copy was performed. Using condition code checking we cannot differentiate between the missing file, which w...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Add a RACDCERT REST API to z/OSMF

It would be useful if we could get an API to manage digital certificates or at the minimum get a list of keyrings and certificates on the system. A RACDCERT API could be used for external management tools and to make utilities that give notificati...
10 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Display CPU critical tag for dependent/independent enclaves

As per RMF default settings, Storage/CPU critical is only set for only address spaces entries, not for enclaves. My suggestion is to have a default setting to keep the storage/CPU critical display for enclaves in the RMF III. This would help us to...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to filter and entirely exclude different Hardware Messages from being presented at all on the HMC.

Every day use of OOCoD records to increase and/or decrease capacity on demand creates multiple alerts with the following text: "One or more profiles have been modified because the upgrade data has been restored". Our operations team has to acknowl...
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

HWTJCREN: Support unnamed root arrays in JSON parser

JSON allows for unnamed arrays as root, e.g. [] is perfectly correct. However, the Web Enablement toolkit currently rejects the request to create an unnamed array as root with HWTJ_JCREN_ENTRYVALUETYPE_INV. It should accept the request without a n...
3 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

RACF RACDCERT should support PDS(E) and zFS as well as sequential data sets

RACDCERT ADD, CHECKCERT, GENREQ etc. require a unique sequential dataset. Usability would be improved if RACF supported a PDS or PDSE member, or even a zFE file.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

OpenShift Foundation for zCX Support for Egress IP addresses

Currently, we're migrating services from OpenShift x86 to OpenShift in zCX. One of our services have to use Egress IP addresses - this is a security requirement. Once we've configured the Egress IPs within OCP@zCX, we see the outbound SYN coming i...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

zFS - Update catalog bits also when filesystem is mounted RO

The zFS attributes from the CATALOG will be updated only when the filesystem is mounted RDWR. Meaning when a cluster is allocated with 'DEFINE CLUSTER LINEAIR' (not with ZFS keyword). And afterwards always mounted RO, the catalog is never updated....
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Simplify Crypto Cipher Management in HMC

Currently HMC just offers a list (in a not auto scaling window) of available ciphers without any further details to which TLS version they might belong. It would be a great simplification if I can just select that I want to use TLS1.3 and TLS1.2 a...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Planned for future release

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