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Enable digitally signed SMF record validation for shutdown/IPL

We create daily SMF dump file with digitally signed SMF records. We then validate (SIGVALIDATE) these files with IFASMFDP. When we shutdown/IPL the system we are not able to successfully validate the SMF dump file of that day.We need to be able to...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Not under consideration

In ISPF, requesting a change to allow more than one one control data set for each logical screen to avoid ISRS083 error.

Under certain conditions, an ISPF Allocation Error ISRS083 will occur when stacking commands. Details on how to recreate the error using ISPF SRCHFOR are documented in the attached file. It appears the failure is occurring on the SPFTEMPn.CNTL dat...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Future consideration

z/OSMF REST API steps should allow multiple return codes as "expected"

zOSMF workflows will not be 100% complete when there is a Failed step. A workflow becoming "complete" is very important when using callable workflows. Values generated for instance variables in the called workflow will not be updated in the callin...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide method to determine how many drawers are installed in a z16 CEC. (Or future CECs)

We use BCPii interfaces to create dashboard concerning our CEC environments. It would be nice to have all data concerning a CEC be accessible. In particular we would like to be able to tell how many drawers are in a CEC. (MAXxx type info).
about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Future consideration

Support creating PDSE V2 data sets in FTP Server SITE and Client LOCSITE command

Much to my chagrin, I found that I could not create a PDSE V2 data set using the available parameters in the SITE command, rather only a PDSE V1. I had to use the rather roundabout way of using DFDSS unload, FTP the unload file, then DFDSS reload.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflow and Workflow Editor should enable variable substitution in Description and Title

In z/OSMF WorkFlow Editor, allow variable substitution in the Step Description field like is allowed in Instructions field; Also allow variable substitution in Title field. Frequently in Step Descriptions and often in Step Titles using variables s...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Make DFDSS handle any type of dump file

DFDSS (ADRDSSU) writes variable-length records to a RECFM=U dataset. First, it would be good if it also supported RECFM=V for output, as that is a natural match for variable-length records. Regardless, if that RECFM=U file is ftp'ed to the PC and ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration

Create ISPF Statistics when adding a member via IEBUPDTE

Can a parameter be added to the ADD statement of the IEBUPDTE utility to optionally create ISPF statistics when a new member is added to a PDS? We realize that the statistics are created when/if the new member is edited, but that may or may not ev...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

Increase TAPEVOL facility class limit to 50k

Current TAPEVOL facility class used by HSM tapes is limited to 10k and we can have 10 suffixes if following volser ranges as numbers. Currently on my system, we have breached this limit and working on moving from TAPEVOL to DATASET facility class....
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Server and user authentication using X.509 certificates

As of now it is not possible to authenticate users or servers using X.509 certificates using OpenSSH. We want to be able to authenticate users (coming from Windows) using X.509 certificates.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Not under consideration

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