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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

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

Expanded support allowing symbol substitution inside quoted fields.

Requesting the ability to code system and/or JCL symbols inside a quoted field and have their values substituted. Today this is not possible. Consider the following scenario://EXPORT EXPORT SYMLIST=* //TEST SET DIR='/part1/part2/part3/&SYSCLON...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 1 Future consideration

ISPF Table TBHIDE and TBFLIP functions

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

RACF Profile BPX.SAFFASTPATH

Make BPX.SAFFASTPATH more granular (e.g., add userids and access) or add another profile with a userid and access authority to USS resources. Access to UNIX services and resources (e.g. IPC queues) requires many, many SAF Router (IRRSXT00) calls f...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

LDAP for zOS - Implement serchFilterSizeLimit

System: IBM Tivoli Directory for z/OS Tivoli Directory Server is used to implement SUDO functionality like described in https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.17/sudoers.ldap.man.html, that generate automaticlly a search filter with many predicates using IP ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Automatic RACF SWITCH database command if a logical error occurs

The RACF should identify a severe logical error in your database and make the automatic switch database, as happens the switch automatically when the an I/O error occurs. The switch database can be to the backup database or another.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

JSON parser

JSON parser toolkit does not allow the creation of an array as the root object which is a valid JSON construct. It is possible to create a root array object by parsing "[]" but the create service does not allow additional objects to be added to a ...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 3 Future 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

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