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LISTCAT dates should provide dates in ISO8601 format YYYY-MM-DD

LISTCAT output dates (creation, expiration or lbackup) of an entry are only displayed in Julian format. It should be very useful an additional ISO8601 format as well. Kind regards Konstantinos
12 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Under review

have z/OSMF exploit shared libraries - todayit is just enabled

The default for Java shared library support is to store the information in memory. This means the first time a Java program is started it loads the libraries, and saves the information in memory. The second time the Java program is started it can ...
23 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

getmain smf performance improvement

Performance optimisation I'm looking into a ZOWE performance problem, and I can see an are of z/OS which could be optimised.
5 days ago in z/OS / General 2 Under review

SYSLOGD zIIP eligable

Since z/OS V3R1 backported to V2R5 (PH47666), SYSLOGD provides the possibility to send logs to remote systems. This open's a whole new world, like connecting systems to Splunk in a very easy way. In times of every MIPS count, this new possibilitie...
18 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

A command to list passphrase syntax rules active on LPAR

It will be usefull to know what are all the requirements of a valid passphrase, maybe when your new passphrase is rejected by syntax rules, or by administrators or auditors in order to check the strenght of the system. This functionality will be s...
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

z/OSMF store result into log file

We had the situation that an ISV software trys to call an z/OSMF REST API (dataset service). The ISV product only returned HTTP 500. In the z/OSMF logs, also only the HTTP 500 was visible. The error that was seen within z/OS was: ICH408 for $LIBPA...
27 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Variable salary could be in the form of assets

Like everybody benefits from the variable component being an asset like an FD paid monthly to the resource. The variable component is based on client feedback and profit . People work for value added services and our clients are the end users. Why...
6 days ago in z/OS / HCM 0 Submitted

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
16 days ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Submitted

Delete AboutPage.jsp link from Welcome Page on z/OSMF

This AboutPage is a huge security problem because a guest can see a lot of informations that he don't have to know
17 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Built-in z/OS Unix package manager

z/OS Unix is slowly becoming more widely used and relevant with technologies like Python, GO, Zowe Explorer, Zowe Desktop and so on. Installs via pax are becoming more common and a new generation of systems programmers are coming in that need to i...
3 months ago in z/OS / General 2 Future consideration