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zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Store Utilities

We have split our zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Stores into SYSPLex groupings. This was done due to the performance issues with a large backing store and the single use interface.With many backing stores we have lost a good deal of the usa...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Migrate to z/OSMF Deployment

Today, our shop already performs a form of deployment that isn't very conducive to migrating to utilizing z/OSMF deployments. This is the current maintenance deployment process that is utilized: Maintenance Libraries (MAINT. HLQ & CSI-tlibs-dl...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Not under consideration

Verify/Compare ISO-4 Encrypted pin blocks

Currently to validate an ISO-0 Encrypted pin block we compare the cipher text of 2 pin blocks. We would like to do the same but ISO-4 pin blocks have a random component to it so that cipher text can never be the same. We would like an API that tak...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Provide logging of interactive superuser activities

Our security policy requires that the use of "privileged utilities" which includes root access (uid=0 / superuser) must provide logging of the use of the utility. This includes logging what the user is doing while in superuser mode.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

z/OSMF REST API for RMF III support

New set of RESTful APIs for z/OSMF supporting RMF monitoring services is needed. Using these new set of APIs, a customer/enterprise can acquire current set of data for CPU utilization, job response time etc.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

IDCAMS: DEFINE RECATALOG for multivolume dataset with volcount > 2 in order to the filesequence and all volumes

Recatalog the multivolume dataset in wrong order and or less volumes the dataset is corrupted but the IDCAMS has returncode=0.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

Provide a method/utility to validate Group Associations in a load library between modules and aliases.

In order to proactively prevent incidents during production operations, the ability to proactively scan and validate the load module/alias relationships would be a huge improvement over the current situation. Currently, correcting this error is on...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Not under consideration

Provide an override for message IGW01559E when using COPYGROUP to copy an Executable module and it's Alias into a target load library.

In certain circumstance when copying an executable module and its alias into an existing load module with the Replace modifier, error message IGW01559E is issued. However, the situation described by the error message does not apply. The Alias bein...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Future consideration

PDSE Monitor DUMPNEXT enhancement for multi-system dumps

Enhance existing PDSE monitor DUMPNEXT functionality to dump the PDSE address space(s) on remote systems. Remote PDSE address spaces should be dumped in cases where a remote system has not responded to locking requests as reported by the PDSE moni...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

OpenSSH debug1: Exit Status 1 - misleading

System: OpenSSH on z/OS Actor: User needing clarification / adjustment of failure message - can be misleading in its current state Description: For all current versions of OpenSSH, we have something like this: Connection to hostname.xyz closed.Tra...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration