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Enhance RACF type 80 Access Records to always record the module name if WHEN(PROGRAM) grants access

In the current type 80, I do not see a field to indicate the name of the module that grants the access if a conditional permit of WHEN(PROGRAM) grants access. Please enhance the type 80 access records to record the module name for success, failure...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

When using IDCAMS with a model statement, allow for the use of keylabel(NONE) to not copy the model datasets encryption key. This allows for the dataset attributes to be copied without requiring access to an encryption key.

This would allow application developers who need to create 'test' datasets and want to use production dataset attributes. They don't want to access the data, just attributes.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Dataset extensions on EAV volumes limited

When moving to EAV volumes it means fewer volumes in the STORGRP available for dataset volume extensions. This can result in space failures based on original JCL allocations that worked fine with smaller and more volumes in the STORGRP, because th...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

zVM to Utilize Coupling Facility

Eliminate Single Point of Failure in zVM by utilizing a coupling facility. For over twenty years we have utilized coupling facilities for our zOS processing with outstanding success.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

Disabling of SSLV3 and SSLV2 Protocol Usage

Please provide a system level setting to deny connections using SSLV2 or SSLV3 protocol, which Applications can not override by use of any ENVAR or other settings. For both Client and Server side.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / SSL 3 Not under consideration

Enhancement to RACF ListChain

Any chance to enhance LISTCHAIN to format out some messages tellingabout + alternate CA pathes + existence of 'cross certify' intermediate CA certificates + use a well prepared keyring to favour a well prepared CA path Jörg SeitzIBM TSS Networking...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Component name in IFGRPL

When the Vsam has no more volumes, there's a need to make an extent by idcams.To automate de idcams jcl, there's a requirement to know the component name of vsam to extent, but there's no information of that in ifgrpl. we need this information in ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 2 Not under consideration

More granular setup of healthcheck RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES

Healthcheck RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES covers a lot of different resources. If one of the checks fails the whole check fails. To prevent false-postive checks on this healthcheck the only option is to deactivate the healthcheck as a whole. It would b...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Need ISPF sample exit cleanup

Hello, In SC19-3619-01 p.234 there is a pointer to a sample panel exit named ISPPXMNX in ISP.SISPSAMP. This sample exit appears to be assembler generated from a PL/X exit and is essentially unreadable. It seems to us that as an example, this is un...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

Script execution entries.

It would be helpful to identify what scripts have executed in OMVS. Helps to resolve issue wrt to sript execution or failures chekcing.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Not under consideration

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