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z/OS

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RMF SR to support blanks in passphrase

RMF SpreadSheet Reporter should support blanks in passphrases. Currenlty, when we define a SYSTEM within RMF SR, we try to connect to the z/OS system and we use a RACF Passphrase that contains blanks, the connection from RMF SR to z/OS fails with ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Not under consideration

Allow usage of z/OSMF JWT tokens by multiple sessions using the same user ID

We are using new APIs to obtain JWT tokens (/zosmf/services/authenticate) from our automated scripts that use other z/OSMF REST APIs with the obtained. After the script completes, it calls the DELETE method to invalidate the token that it obtained...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Use a Cryptographic controls when varying DASD volumes online in order to provide extra security.

Many multi-LPAR sites wish to have a simple IOCP configuration where all devices can be accessed from all LPARs. This is a potetial security problem as devices from one LPAR can be brought online to another hence bypass the access controls for dat...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

Add LDAP configuration option to restrict specific IP addresses from connecting to the server

As it stands currently there is no easy way for an LDAP administrator to prevent/block specific IP addresses from connecting to the server. The admin must rely on other products like TCP, we recently found out that NETACCESS is not a viable soluti...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Future consideration

RACF: Avoid RACF Abend for a RACF TSO Comand due a missing Dynamic Parse Table

Currently RACF TSO commands (like LD, short for LISTDSD) can fail with a RACF abend if RACF "Dynamic Parse Table Initialization" either did not yet run or failed to run.RACF should be changed to return a meaningful return code (instead of abending...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

have CEEZ1IPT fail more gracefully

When an application is using PIPI, and the PIPI Main code creates children but then completes back to PIPI, future services that need the IPT will fail with an Abend0C4 in CEEZ1IPT due to not getting a CAA address from CEEARLU.CEEZ1IPT needs valid...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

SORT/ICETOOL statements for variable length records

Allow the coding of SORT / ICETOOL statements without having to add +4 to every position to account for the variable length RDW. This would require a new SORT option (perhaps VLRDW) to allow for both old and new method. Benefit: Easier to both cod...
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Full FTP Support for PDSE

FTP should support the transfer of PDS to a PDSE load library. There is no potential loss of data to be incurred from this in the way a PDSE to a PDS would be impacted. Currently this is not supported.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Member List - Add Block Line Commands

Allow Member List line commands to be entered in blocks. A block of line commands is marked by entering two forward slashcharacters (//) at the start and end of the block. The required line command is entered on the first or last line of theblock,...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Future consideration

ISPCCONF - Add PF Key Definitions

Allow the ISPF Configuration Utility to define all 24 PF-Keys for the site.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 6 Not under consideration