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REST API Extensibility

zOSMF should provide a way to register and unregister custom API handlers for users and vendors. This feature would allow users to create their own API handlers in whatever language they want and leverage the authentication and existing REST capab...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Make PassTicket Java library thread-safe

The segmentation error may occur when calling IRRRacf.jar to generate a PassTicket in Java. This happens when a Java service is under heavy load and PassTickets are generated concurrently. Could you enhance PassTicket generation in Java to be thre...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Allow the same file name (indirectly volser cataloged) to be mounted to different mountpoints in a shared fileysystem

The ability to mount the same name filesystem (indirectly cataloged) to different version mountpoints would simplify deployment for me.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Avoid manual link creation to /bin/env for Node.js

During the installation of Node.js a manual creation of the symlink "ln -s /bin/env /usr/bin/env" is advised.We try to avoid manual changes to the /usr directory provided by IBM.The link could be provided by IBM in the z/OS root filesystem or the ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

ACEROJOB in IDGACERO not filled for HSM recall, IDGACSSC exit

We are using IGDACSSC SMS exit for retrieving information about the recalls done by HSM. During the recalled data set allocation our IGDACSSC module gets control and we read the IGDACERO control block. The ACEROJOB variable is blank for recall (we...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Please Support SQL (Db2) highlighting in ISPF Editor

As a DBA i use a lot of SQL's and it would be very nice to have an SQL highlighting in ISPF Editor - this also helps to detect misspelling errors.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Planned for future release

Enhance System SSL to support Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN)

We have written a HTTPS server using the gsk_secure_socket_* family of functions.This server is part of a product used by many customers.HTTP/2.0 uses Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN), which is a TLS extension.Therefore, in order for ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / SSL 2 Not under consideration

TSO & ISPF need services to show whether a file is ZFS

Neither basic TSO/E nor ISPF have services that will show that a dataset has been formatted as a ZFS filesystem. ISPF services DSINFO and LMDLIST (including option 3.4) should indicate that a VSAM file is a ZFS. LISTCAT shows this under the ATTRIB...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Enhance SDSF Log Read Options

Please provide an option to filter for specific messages when reading the log. ISFLOGSTARTDATE works to set a starting date with ISFLOGSTOPDATE setting the ending date for the search. Having something like ISFLOGMSG option to limit the results to ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF - Support for symbols in query processing for MVS datasets and USS files

We would like to be able to send requests to z/OSMF, through the Zowe CLI component, using symbols in MVS dataset names and USS filenames, such as the symbol &SYSUID, but any symbol known to the z/OS environment, (confer the list of symbols vi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

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