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Show JCL statement numbers in JESJCL output in the Status tab

When a JCL error happens, statement numbers are displayed in JESYSMSG. SDSF shows these statement numbers in JESJCL but z/OSMF's Status tab for JESJCL is missing these statement numbers. This means a customer needs to go to SDSF to view JESJCL in ...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Support user-defined symbolics for JCL IF-THEN-ELSE statements

Much greater usability in JCL customization
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Crypto ID in toggle on/off panel

When isolating a crypto engine we have to verify the crypto deactivated in ICSF with the crypto engine on the toggle off/on panel. It would be beneficial if we could verify the serial number from ICSF with the toggle off/on panel before taking the...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Add Symbolic option to Syntax check

We want to have an option added to the VARY TCPIP,,SYNTAXCHECK to allow you to specify a set of IEASYMXX members. We would also like to see this same option added to the exportprof function as well. V TCPIP,,SYNTAXCHECK,SYM=(xx,yy,bb)This will ove...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow to add new CFRM structure from REST API

In today's world the z/OS Tech would have to list the CFRM policy, edit the output clear all the header information , page breaks, etc .. then add the "new structure" to the policy code then activate the new policy. So, it would be nice to have so...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Increase the maximum number of Functional Recovery Routines (FRR) entries

In the z/OS operating system, functional recovery routines (FRRs) provide means of recovery when running within SRB routines. FRRs are set through the SETFRR macro and are mapped by the FRRS control block. There is always one set of FRRs per proce...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 2 Future consideration

HMC support for Federation protocols(SAML 2.0 or OIDC)

Currently HMC Does not support SAML 2.0 or OIDC protocols for authentication. Our organization is moving to Federation as an Enterprise access solution and will impact how we administer HMC access.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Planned for future release

HMC FCP/NPIV Reporting Enhancement

Currently the only tools available to validate FCP/NPIV configurations are: 1) Configuration/FCP Configuration: This gives us a snapshot of the FCP/NPIV configuration – which if we need the full environment requires us to offload via FTP, which is...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Planned for future release

ICSF: Determine when key was last used for encryption

We would like a way to determine when a key was last referenced for encryption.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DEFRAG needs to be able to be cancelled or provide better diagnostic messages

When running DFDSS today, there is still an issue that if a DEFRAG is being run, it cannot be cancelled. This can require other work (Production Batch, STCs, etc.) to have to be cancelled if there are issues with the DEFRAG running. This can creat...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

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