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TN3270 access to require user logon to capture user credentials

We'd like TN3270 access to capture a user's security credentials (logon). Tracking users after a TN3270 connection is extremely difficult. We'd like the ability to have their Id available at connection time.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

dfhsm HRecover

DFHSM currently allows HRECOVER commands to be issued on a d/s or per volume basis. Rqmnt: Provide the capability to use dfhsm HRECOVER command to recover an entire Storage Group with a single command.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

HealtCheck msg for OMPROUTE SWAP or NOSWAP

Add a HEALTCHECK msg to indicate if OMPROUTE started SWAP or NOSWAP, the preferred and suggested startup it's a NOSWAP ASID
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Allow ESMs to be deployed one at a time to SSI members

This requirement came from PMR 59002,379,000, Customer UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES, Customer representative Mark Wheeler. In summary, Mark would like to be able to install an External Security Manager (ESM) application to each member of his multi-m...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide a Means to test RESTRICTED without Failing Acess

Adding RESTRICTED to an ID without first having meticulously permitted all required access can result in access failures. A test mode to report but not fail instances where access would not be granted due to RESTRICTED would provide for a safe tra...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

add time stamp to LOGGER messages

Under certain conditions messages issued by the System Logger are being issued with the NOTIME parameter on the WTO macro. The result of that is that when the messages are written out to a SYSOUT data set managed by JESx, the messages do not have ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 3 Not under consideration

LE Support needed for F8SA format 64-bit save area - COBOL 5/Assembler compatibilty

Updates for the LE Condition Handler's Save-Area trace logic to handle the current, and all future, IBM recommended Save Area formats.The current format of the save areas is used throughout all of Language Environment and the F8SA format is not co...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

FFST F-probe Providing Incorrect Timestamp

Working SR 69213,122,000 IBM VTAM Level 2 tells me there is a problem in which FFST F-probes are not writing the correct timestamp, i.e., the timestamp seen in the EPW9523I message does not match the actual timestamp found in the console log.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Software RAID1 / volume mirroring functionality for z/VM

It would be good to have a z/VM internal disk mirroring solution likewise LVM mirror or SW RAID in Linux/Unix systems. z/VM relies on external storage-based mirroring solutions like PPRC etc. and those can only be automated with high effort.
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Route Advertisement and Creation sequence

During route selection, the preference would be (1) host route first, (2) best matching subnet route, (3) DEFAULT route. To ensure host route would be the best route available at the time of route selection, it seems it is not appropriate to adver...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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