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RACF - Postprocessing data for REQ=FASTAUTH

While using IBM zSecure Access Monitor to create access reports, it's currently not possible to properly report on CL(PROGRAM) even with the 'OPTION CAPTUREPROGRAMS' enabled. That seems to work as designed as documented here and here. Access Monit...
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF SMF support

Based on an already closed z/OSMF RFE request (RFE ID: 47399) in 2014 I want to re-open a similar request to ask for SMF support again.We are in need of a central logging feature for actually ALL z/OSMF activities (e.g. Login-Logout, invoking plug...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

DFSMSdss zFS / USS

The request is: "Provide support to backup and restore individual files residing in zFS /USS with DFSMSdss with option for wild cards"
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed

Design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed to ensure that the status has not changed from the status it had prior to the target being allocated. Since the DFSMSdss stop started after the GDS was crea...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Enable use of OS Level Filtering in IEASYMxx member

We'd like the ability within a single IEASYMxx member to assign the value of a symbol based on the level of z/OS the system is IPLed under. SYSOSLVL(Z1020500) SYMDEF (&PRDVER='V1') SYSOSLVL(Z1030100) SYMDEF (&PRDVER='V2') This will aid in ...
7 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 1 Future consideration

Allow changing a internal MIH value set by MODULE IOSVDPDR and IOSRRRSV

There are some Japanese banking customers who issue VARY dddd,OFFLINE,FORCE command when an I/O timeout occurs on a device which have a redundancy by software (ie. IMS OLDS). As a result, these devices for being no-response are separated out and a...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

RACF Trace to trace only nonzero return codes

I can enable RACF trace for a job, but it captures so many records, and it is hard to find the records of interest. I would like to see a new option #SET TRACE(NONZERO) which produces only exit records where the return code was non zero.
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Provide new functionality to import data in to zNA using the Db2 load utility instead of inserts

- Db2 load utility can be scheduled as a batch job - Load can be run with log no, reducing the logging overhead - Less resource contention
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Deployment - Add workflows

Unable to add customer specific "workflow" in a software deployment.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Automatic update of MRDB when customer initiates CIU transaction.

Currently when a customer makes a permanent upgrade via CIU, the MRDB must be updated manually by the HW rep or Business Partner, leading to possible future ordering issues if the manual update is not completed.
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Functionality already exists

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