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Concatenating AUTOIPL members

We would like to be able to have DIAGnn members, that only contain MVS (in the AutoIPL policy). We'd like to have the ability to change the MVS address, but leave the existing SADMP information intact. For example DIAGAA contains: AUTOIPL SADMP(7D...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Updating SYS1.SAMPLIB(EDGJRECV) to not require lost tape rack number or create new sample member to recover virtual volume

Currently, the EDGJRECV sample for recovering lost tape volume records in RMM CDS requires rack number in the IN1 DD CARD, which is not possible for virtual/logical volumes, so the sample cannot be used to recover lost virtual tape volume records.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

Support ECDSA Keys in Encryption Facility OPGP

We use Open PGP on z/OS and have an increasing number of 3rd parties sending in ECDSA public keys which we are currently unable to load. Supporting ECDSA keys will provide more options and enhance security.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 3 Not under consideration

Please make user created docker volumes available at /media/

Docker volumes I create sometimes need modifications while the docker container it is usually mounted to is down. In my situation, I am running Rocket Terminal Emulator in ZCX container. Rockets upgrade path, requires data manipulation in the moun...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Catalog TAKEDUMP command should include VLF asid

Used the "F CATALOG,TAKEDUMP" and "F CATALOG,RESTART" commands to generate the svcdump to diagnose the problem in the pmr. Later told that we should have also dumped the VLF asid so there is insufficient doc to diagnose the problem.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Add INBOUND or OUTBOUND indicator in SERVAUTH Class NETACCESS Profile SMF Records

For SERVAUTH class NETACCESS profiles, please include information on whether the check was INBOUND or OUTBOUND in the LOGSTRING if possible.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Add System date and time state to List commands in RACF

We have to submit displays of our security database to auditors. Often the displays are not accepted because they lack SYSTEM, DATE and TIME information in the display.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

ARMWRAP needs to be added as a supported function

ARMWRAP, the ARM JCL wrapper, was made available as a download associated with the Redpaper for ARMWRAP . The information in the Redpaper is inconsistent with the way the source is designed and clients are struggling with errors. For example, the ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

No warning on "conflicting" use of "SEQ" keyword in SuperC

When doing SuperC compares, the "SEQ" processing option is only valid for FB(80)/VB(255) datasets.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Automattic inclusion of all CA certs to a keyring

In the case where you do not need a personal certificate on your keyring a Virtual keyrings works well. However if you have two way authentication the Virtual keyring is not useful in this case since it requires a personal certificate attached to ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 5 Not under consideration