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IBM z/OSMF REST API support user token authentication

Currently z/OSMF REST API support the following ways of authentication: -Basic authentication -Certificate authentication -Web token authentication We'd like to have user token or private key authentication supported, such that users don't need to...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

The ability to expunge old data set records from the RMM CDS is required

Due to the first in first out usage of scratch volumes in SMSTAPE and the fact that DFRMM maintains the data set records for volumes in scratch status, the RMM CDS may become full of data set records that are very old and unneeded. These records e...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

Resiliency in a z/OS UNIX shared file system sysplex enivronment

Resiliency in a z/OS UNIX shared file system sysplex enivronment needs to be improved related to the critical mutually exclusive serialized functions (e.g. UNMOUNT, MOVE, MOUNT RESYNC, FILE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION, FILE SYSTEM TAKEOVER, etc.). If on...
8 months ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

SYSZIGW0 should prevent deletion

My customer encountered the message IGW039I while allocating a new dataset although the dataset could have been deleted normally. The deletion should be prevented by qname SYSZIGW0. Please refer to case TS009656465 for more details.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 1 Not under consideration

System SSL and AT-TLS

Provide ability for AT-TLS defined Applications to maintain their Jobnames for use in GSKSRVR SSL Component Traces. Currently, all AT-TLS Applications fall under JOBNAME=TCPIP.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / SSL 4 Future consideration

testing please delete 2

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 04/04/2024 Submitter Name: Meredith Halperin Submitter Email: mhalperin@share.org Description: testing please delete
8 months ago in z/OS / sharetest 2 Not under consideration

Specify ROOTVOLSER on upgrade workflow

Currently the ZCX upgrade workflow will allocate a new 4GB ROOT VSAM file (e.g. ROOT2) based on the current SMS attributes of ROOT (as per the documentation). This is a poor assumption on most systems as the workflow will fail if space is not avai...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

We need to monitor the InfiniBand activity by CHPID via RMF

We just implemented some CHPIDs , COUPLE Links 1x between 2 sides 16Km long , into Production System but we can NOT see the individual rates of each CHPID . Via RMF III , SYSPLEX / CFSYS , we can see the Subchannel , Paths ,Sync and Async requests...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 3 Future consideration

Restrict ability to manage UNIX file security

Provide a RACF resource to limit who is allowed to change certain security attributes (primarily, owner, permission bits, and acls) of a z/OS UNIX file or directory. As with the existing FSACCESS protection, this mechanism should work at the level...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

ISPF Edit Compare should support comparing to a different generation

When in ISPF Edit or View the Compare command should be able to compare to an absolute, or relative, generation. compare -2 x compare abc -1 x compare 49 x
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration