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Allow RACF to protect the Enable attach/detach crypto as a separate class of device from non-crypto devices

With the expansion of security concerns surrounding workload and therefore the increase in demand for crypto functionality. It has become imperative that we control the access to the crypto domains, which could be done by restricting attach/detach...
12 months ago in z/VM Future consideration

Rise limits of Guest Coupling simulation support

We try to run zOS systems within a sysplex with large DB2 group buffer pool structures. These structures cannot be allocated if zOS is running in zVM because they are bigger than the given (undocumented) limit. The intention is virtualize systems ...
about 2 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

Include the Rexx Execs documented in Appendix E of the CMS User's Guide and Reference.

Appendix E of the CMS User's Guide and Reference (SC24-6252-01) describes in great detail how to build Pipelines function packages in Rexx. However, the needed exec to actually do this (the FPLKWDTB, FPLEPTBL, and FPLMSGTB exercs) are not shipped ...
about 3 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

GDPS z/VM online/offline volumes hindering an ENABLED HYPERSWAP status

We have a GDPS environment with z/OS and z/VM and we are testing such that we have both participating in HYPERSWAP. The z/VM has a list of volumes for z/VM's use and those volumes are known to both z/OS and z/VM but z/OS volumes are only ever brou...
over 6 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

RVARY password reply handling should be changed

When issuing RVARYPW (reply after having issued rvary command) it is displayed in clear text in operator's console log. This is a big difference to z/OS reply handling and should be changed in z/VM. The input to this reply should be hidden to avoi...
over 9 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

Customization of the RACF password policy

To set a general password policies along the all infrastructure
over 2 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

zVM with more logs - more verbose

System: zVM Actor: System Description: We have recently discovered that vswitch is discarding many packets when its buffer bursts, however, this has not been alarmed anywhere. We need the system to be able to send these and other network error mes...
over 8 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

Ansible support for z/VM unique functionality

NatWest would like to be able to use Ansible to automate/orchestrate its z/VM unique resources such as z/VM customized z/OS guests (both virtual hardware and software), virtual coupling facility, z/VM customized z/Linux guests (both virtual hardwa...
about 6 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

Enhance applmsg/dmsmsg macro to not require a base register

The APPLMSG macro uses the DMSMSG macro which generates code that unnecessarily requires a base register. See attached macro expansion. The red instruction is the one that causes a base register to be required. The MVC is badly coded, there's no n...
over 8 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

RSCS support for IPv6

RSCS support for IPv6 would allow US Government agencies to continue to use z/VM with RSCS and would bring RSCS into compliance with Office of Management and Budget mandates for products to support IPv6. This would benefit all z/VM customers as it...
almost 4 years ago in z/VM Future consideration

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