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Add support for sending multi-part objects to S3 when using the streaming send/receive exits.

The documented method for sending large objects to the cloud is to use the streaming send and receive Web-Enablement Toolkit exits. However, it is not possible to send multi-part objects using this method. There is no way to overcome the 5GB limit...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 6 Not under consideration

Store/create/use SSH public-private key pairs in RACF and/or ICSF without using SSL certs

provide a means (similar to RACDCERT) to create, store, import, export, display, etc., SSH Public-Private key pairs within RACF, associated with a User ID, for use with SSH Ported Tools functionality (and ideally won't conflict with Dovetailed ven...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

Add nosetuid option to a Mount request in the z/OS Data set and file REST API

Without the nosetuid option a mount request requires a user have authority to the SUPERUSER.FILESYS.MOUNT resource which is usually reserved for administrators or sys progs, and most average users do not have this authority. With nosetuid a mount ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

JES_NJE_SECURITY Health Check Modification

Our environments unique design does not require only one component of the JES_NJE_Security check. We've determined that we are unable to deactivate just this component and are therefore requesting that the component be separated from the original ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Identify top users in BPXI039I message

The BPXI039I message identifies the resource shortage, but there is no easy way to identify the which user(s) are contributing to the shortage. In PMR#84352,L6Q,000 - the resource was MAXMMAPAREA -- our normal high water mark is ~4,000, but all of...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should provide the ability to mount an unmounted zFS filesystem

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. It should provide the ability to mount an unmounted filesystem at a given mountpoint. This would benefit all stoage admins who may also want to release space on unmounted filesystem...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should support a wildcard for -aggregate

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. Processing only one filesystem is extremely tedious for sites with hundreds or thousands of zFS filesystems. Adding the capability to process multiple zFS's in one command will help...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Availability of Cryptographic Services

When ICSF is started it will check the Master Key Verification Patterns(MKVP) in the header records of the CKDS and PKDS. When an MKVP is found then a check is made to see if that Master Key is found in the coprocessors. If it is found and it matc...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Content of Received:- and Message-Id:-Header created by CSSMTP should be customisable

Each Mail processed by CSSMTP a SMTP Received:- and a Message-Id:-Header is attached by CSSMTP. These headers are visible for every node in the transmission path and for the Mail receiver also. Both headers contain security sensible information of...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Use a presigned URL

Some user want to retrieve the object stored in an S3 using a presigned URL and not the bucket and provider name. They also want to store the object to S3 and have an URL link after the object is uploaded to S3. It will be perfect if they can UPLO...
7 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

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