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Better support for multiple master catalogs in a sysplex

There are a growing number of system data sets which have sysplex scope, but which are VSAM. When z/OS sysplexes are configured with a single master catalog shared across all sysplex LPARs this does not present any issue. However, such a sysplex i...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Add Support for Fast Replication / Flash Copy for backup of the RACF Database

Provide a method to backup the RACF Database that takes advantage of the current utilities that perform Fast Replication/Flash Copies where the backups are more instantaneous.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 8 Future consideration

Add an additional parameter for CBRUXSAE (OAM Security exit) to get the Db2 SSID or name of OAM system

Currently, we've the requirement to setup a Multiple-OAM Environment. This have to be done for some application restore tests. Currently, our OAM Security exit checks RACF for the access rights to the collections (the RACF ressources are the colle...
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 0 Planned for future release

Request for IEBCOPY to use Storage Above the Line(31 addressing mode)

For PDS datasets one needs to compress them on a regular basis to regain unused space. One method is to use DFSMSdss compress which will invoke IEBCOPY to do the compress. IEBCOPY issues a conditional getmain for control blocks and tables in stora...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Planned for future release

Facility class for ICKDSF miss option adding a generic volume list

In our shop only storage guys are allowed to initialize a volume. Meaning having required access to facility class STGADMIN.ICK.INIT/REFORMAT/etc. So whenever a sysprog want to reformat or init a specific named range of volumes named ie ABC%%% the...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF 2 Future consideration

SDSF Support Next DS and Prev DS from individual Dataset

Enable the Next and Prev command when viewing an individual spool file. This is currently supported if the view is of the entire JOB. Specifically, to use the SDSF terminology, please allow 'switching' to the Next or Previous dataset when the curr...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Add BLOCK COMMANDS to JES

I want to be able to issue block commands in JES output. Sometimes we have to manually clear output and I have to issue P on each output. Even if I copy/paste the column of Ps, there are still many screens to paste. I want to be able to use: //p //p
about 2 months ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Functionality already exists

Allow IP Address binding for PORTRANGE statements

Currently it is only possible to use IP Address binding on PORT statements and not PORTRANGE statements. For a number of application (eg. DB2) where one Server listens on multiple ports that should only be accessed over a particular IP Address, cu...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Support live resize and live guest relocation for on-boarded z/VM virtual machines

With ICIC previous implementation, on-boarded z/VM virtual machine is not able to be live resize and live guest migration, due to lack of IUCV server running in the virtual machine. We can install the IUCV server into the on-boarded virtual machin...
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

add TLS1.3 to OSA-ICC

In OSA-ICC we know that in the panel configuration option when you edit server configuration, when you check the TLS version it only goes to TLS 1.2. We have a requirement to go to TLS 1.3 or above
over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Planned for future release

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