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Duplicate sysout names in workflow step Status tab are difficult to associate with job steps

If a job submitted through a workflow step contains multiple job steps with the same sysout names, such as SYSPRINT, then the Status tab shows a SYSPRINT for every step but there is no identification as to which job step each SYSPRINT belongs to. ...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Saving a workflow step's JCL to a PDS member should use DISP=SHR

When a user attempts to save JCL from a workflow JCL step from the Submit panel OR the workflow step is simply setup to save data to a file, z/OSMF does not allocate the dataset with DISP=SHR. This means we cannot create a new member (or overwrite...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

When using IDCAMS with a model statement, allow for the use of keylabel(NONE) to not copy the model datasets encryption key. This allows for the dataset attributes to be copied without requiring access to an encryption key.

This would allow application developers who need to create 'test' datasets and want to use production dataset attributes. They don't want to access the data, just attributes.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

ID Token support in pthread_security_np et al

Please add RACF/SAF ID token support to pthread_security_np and pthread_security_applid_np C library functions (and underlying BPXnTLS etc) so that an ID token can be passed as the "identity" parameter to these functions. Oh and please do Java too...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Create R_ADMIN (IRRSEQ00) Exit Point

We'd like an exit point create for the R_ADMIN (IRRSEQ00) callable services interface.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Change IDCAMS Diagnose so it can process large numbers of catalog records

IDCAMS Diagnose is currently limited in the amount of entries it can process. It should be modified to process very large numbers of catalog entries as catalogs can now exceed the 4GB limit and access as Extended Attribute datasets. Diagnose curre...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

Add System SSL API to Retrive All Certificates Presented by a ServerHello TLS Negotiation Message

We use System SSL on z/OS V2R1 to diagnose and analyse problems involving TLS connections, certificates, and key rings. During a recent issue we were debugging, we discovered that the gsk_attribute_get_cert_info() API only returns the final server...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / SSL 2 Not under consideration

Dataset extensions on EAV volumes limited

When moving to EAV volumes it means fewer volumes in the STORGRP available for dataset volume extensions. This can result in space failures based on original JCL allocations that worked fine with smaller and more volumes in the STORGRP, because th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

ICSF Keylabel Alias Support

In order to remove the need to change hard-coded ICSF key label names within applications and the RACF database, we would like to have the ability to assign one-or-more aliases to a keylabel in the CKDS/PKDS. For example, we might have the followi...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Future consideration

Provide a Wizard in ISMF Panels to create the necessary details to set up OAM

It would be helpful if ISMF had a WIZARD function to help generate the details needed to setup OAM. OAM requires SMS (ACS code and Constructs), DB2 Tables, and OAM CBROAMxx Parmlim, IGDSMSxx parmlib to be set up. A Wizard could provide the structu...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Not under consideration

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