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Allow PDUU to override TCPIP.DATA when using FTP flavor

PDUU can't override the global TCPIP.DATA values, when invoking FTP. As a result we can't make use of TCPIP.DATA overrides, like NOCACHE. Allowing NOCACHE would allow us to send each FTP stream through one of our different proxy servers via a Load...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Type 80s so I can tell when a UNIX authority that requires UID(0) was actually used

I would like to see a new type 80 field that would actually tell me if a UID(0) used some UNIX authority that requires its UID(0) attribute. RACF type 80 records already has a bit to tell me if superuser authority was used but it needs to be granu...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Restore a pre allocated file and change the mgmgtclas

During restore of a file, if i want to change the mgmtclas, i need to delete the file to have the wanted mgmtclas by sysin DSS job (keyword mgmtclas). If the file already exist, i code REPLACE keyword but the mgmtclass is unchanged, MGMTCLAS remai...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Not under consideration

IPSEC Decryption Option when taking a Ctrace

We need an option when taking a IBM packet trace then processing a trace in IPCS to be able to display the TCP headers when using the IPSEC protocol. Please see a case that we opened up on July 3rd of 2018, Service Request # 37388 122 000.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add CPU time to LDAP SMF 83 record

For better monitoring of LDAP performance issues, include CPU time instead of just elapsed time in SMF type 83 records.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Not under consideration

SDSF - LOG - FILTER

When invoking SDSF LOG… have SDSF check to see if a filter is defined, if one is defined… display the FILTER panel (ISFAFIL) prior to display the OPERLOG or SYSLOG. This will inform and allow the user to change the defined filters in advance, prio...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration

Add a Plugin to Execute Scripts (Python, Shell) from z/OSMF Desktop Interface

When using z/OSMF as a management tool, through the Desktop interface, there is currently no way to access Unix System Services (USS) outside of using the ISPF Plugin. When editing a shell script or Python script, I have to swap between z/OSMF and...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Please add NJE routing to z/OSMF Job Submission

I am opening this on behalf of a customer (see business justification). The customer runs 5-10 z/OS instances in a sysplex but they run as many as 4 JES2 MAS's within a single sysplex. In order for z/OSMF to route jobs to a system today it uses SY...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Please add ACME Client feature for automatic Certificate Generation

Most if not all companies no longer allow Self-Signed Certs on their network. Most if not all organizations are requiring 90 day, 180 day or 365 Day certificate renewals. On the Z HMC this is a cumbersome task .. especially for 90 day cert renewal...
7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Future consideration

IBMPDSE should issue Messages to joblog as well as SYSPRINT

When running the IBMPDSE utility against a Dataset, there are 4 Return codes that can be set 00 (X'00') SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION.04 (X'04') THE INPUT PDSE IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. PROCESSING CONTINUES.08 (X'08') THE INPUT PDSE IS CORRUPTED. THE UTILITY E...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

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