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Install correct USER DIRECT when selecting non-SSI install

When installing zVM 7.3 we chose the option non-SSI install, but the USER DIRECT that was included is in the format of SSI/SSI Ready. This means that when companies grow their system beyond the very limited 8 nodes of SSI they will have to manuall...
over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Notify DFSMShsm users when automatic functions do not complete within a specified amount of time.

HSM has automatic functions which run for a certain amount of time that can be varied. At times, an automatic function, such as migration, may get hung and not complete. Provide the capability of noting when a function does not complete within spe...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Planned for future release

Remove 1000 REST request restriction for one zosmf TSO adress space

ZOSMF starts a TSO Adress space to handle rest requests. In CEA there is a session reuse setting. But even if this session reuse settings have highest values there is another hardcoded limitationOne TSO AS can handle only 1000 requests. So this ma...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

CMSSTOR macro support relative addressing instructions

Change the inline re-entrant expansion form of the CMSSTOR macro to use relative addressing, thereby eliminating the need for a base register in the CSECT. The sequence of CNOP 0,4 / LA R1,*+8 (Plist address) / BC 15,Around_Plist / (inline_plist) ...
almost 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Make z/VM TCPIP FTP server RFC 3659 compliant

We've recently implemented z/VM 7.1 after being away from z/VM for many, many years. During the setup and installation we tailored TCPIP and specifically the FTP server but discovered that it is not compatible with GUI FTP clients like the FileZil...
over 5 years ago in z/VM 2 Future consideration

Restore Docker Daemon logging levels by suppressing confidential user config.json information

Currently the Docker Daemon dumps the contents of a user's config.json file into the zCX joblog (SYSPRINT) if there is a syntax error in the Dockerfile (e.g. missing "\" continuation on RUN command or perhaps other situations). The user's config.j...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF.

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF, it should be useful it's color can be changed to black so one can work efficiently as traditional ISPF
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Please change behavior of IDCAMS utilitty ALTER commands

If IDCAMS ALTER detect that backpointer to catalog points is not user intended one.then ALTER issue some WARNING or INFORMATION message. <User case> <<Background>>User used IDCAMS DELETE to delete VSAM but got below message: IDC3...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

Add the ability to generate an AES DUKPT DATA encryption key similar to the K1DATA derived key for DES DUKPT

This would allow the user to be able to perform encryption operations on DATA that has been encrypted using AES-DUKPT derived keys.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Functionality already exists

z/OSMF Workflow Editor Should Support Longer Step Description

We create rich-text descriptions for our workflow steps. They look great when displayed by the z/OSMF Workflow task. Unfortunately, it is currently impossible to make minor text corrections using the workflow editor as it supports only very short ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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