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z/OS

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MMAP function under z/OS USS should be able to use 64bit address space.

We have a proof of concept to run an off-the-shelf name indexer product under z/OS USS. This product is a native 64-bit Java 8 application that uses the Lucene indexer. The product functions under USS for small indexes. However, the call to mmap i...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

SMFLIMxx processing needs to be enhanced.

SMFLIMxx processing needs to be enhanced to allow for a REGION statement match to indicate that no other REGION statements should be processed.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Future consideration

Increase the RRSF data size limit

RRSF propagation of NVASAPDT ressources failed Try to activate the AUTOMATIC DIRECTION OF APPLICATION UPDATES in our sysplex environment, but the update for Netview Access are not sent to the other rrsf nodes. The error message is : Application up...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

LDAP Debug tracing should externalize negative SQL return codes

LDAP debug tracing does not externalize SQL error messages when using TDBM with DB2. This means that customers may need to recreate an issue twice, which may not be possible, in order to receive the SQL return code if the LDAP return code is not s...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

Enhance authentication APIs to support returning Identity tokens and accepting them for authentication

RACF recently (z/OS v2R4 and PTF'ed back to z/OS v2R2) added the ability for RACF to return identity tokens which are actually JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) and to be able to use them in lieu of a password for authentication. Can APIs, such as __passwd()...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Provide a warning threshold or limit for the number of record locks

A looping application in a development environment can request an excessive number of record locks. This can result in excessive cells in use for the IGWLNHRB Storage Pools and a storage shortage which can terminat and restart the SMSVSAM address ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Functionality already exists

ISR@PRIM - Session - Add OS Level

Add 'OS Level' when a user displays 'Session' information from the ISPF Menu (ISR@PRIM). With z/OS 2.1 and above, IBM has introduced/defined a new system symbolic to display the Operating System Level (&OSLEVEL) For example: Menu Utilities Com...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

z/OS Contents Supervision - Request for API's/Exit Points for RACF PROGRAM Class Verification Checks

As z/OS Contents Supervision does not issue standard RACF/SAF interfaces to check profiles in the RACF PROGRAM class when loading programs/modules into storage, the IBM zSecure Admin Access Monitor does not get sight of the authorisation check as ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

CELQPRLG to support creating MAIN routines

Currently only subroutines are supported, so one must use a high level language that supports creating LP(64) main routines, which in turn requires the language runtime for that language to be initialized, which may be undesirable for certain kind...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

New JES2 Init Statement PARM to impose JOB CPU Time Limits

Suggested JES2 Initialization Statement enhancements------------------------------------------------ Impose a JOB CPU TIME limit. Add a parameter to the JOBCLASS statement (maybe JTIMEX) - sets the TIME= value on JOB statement. TIME parameter on J...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration