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provide selective backup/restore capability for in progress Software Install configuration date

Recently we went back to see the results of an earlier configuration change and in hast believe we replied incorrectly to a warning about losing all later configuration information (which in this case was quite extensive and time consuming to do o...
3 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

System Recovery Boost SMF record to know how much CPU used in ZIIP instead of GCP

During System Recovery Boost (SRB) some work, that is not eligible for zIIP, is dispatched on zIIP's in case there isn’t sufficient standard CP capacity available. There is existing SMF to count how much there is zIIP eligible time spent on CP's, ...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 2 Not under consideration

Provide a ascertained historical view of all installed and/or activated capacity records

Why is it useful? In our installation a variety of different capacity records are used on multiple machines with frequent changes to the activated capacity levels. This makes it cumbersome to reconstruct the active capacity levels for any given po...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Functionality already exists

zOSMF - Data Set and File Search enhancement for data type

This new feature is very useful and handy to scroll through large members and files. However, when allocating a new file in USS it should be possible to provide the file format in which the file is allocated like UTF-8 or ASCII. Additionally the c...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

List General Resource Classes that were not unloaded by IRRDBU00 in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the general resource classes that are defined on the system where the unload is performed. IRRDBU00 does not unload profiles in classes that are not defined on the system where it is executed and does ...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Report the RACF database template level of each INDDn database in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the level of the templates in the database being unloaded. Knowing the level of the templates can help set expectations as to the contents of the unload. This information can also provide a mechanism f...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

CSSMTP comply with AUTH by rfc4954

Need to include the AUTH command on CSSMTP component on zOS TCPIP and zVM TCPIP in order to comply with the rfc4954
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 11 Future consideration

It will be useful, the standard PERMIT command syntax include a WHEN clause for time-based conditions.

Use Case 1: Restricting Access During Business Hours Scenario 1: A company wants to restrict certain administrative commands during business hours to prevent unauthorized changes while employees are working. Example: PERMIT EZB.INITSTACK.SYSA.TCPI...
21 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

HSM buckets characteristics to comply Security CLOUD CIS IBM (Cloud Internet Services)

Hi, To comply with the security rules (CIS) required by the CLOUD CIS IBM, we need these buckets (stored in the IBM COS) to be created with certain characteristics, but in the HSM it is not allowed to parameterize or modify the creation characteri...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Anticipating RACF profiles that reaching maximum size

IRR411I message indicates when a profile reached the maximum output size that RACF can handle (65 535 bytes), but it is not possible to know the real size of a profile at a given moment to anticipate this situation. Would it be possible to impleme...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

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