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z/OS console services - solKeyReg -> sol-key-detected:false -> fail the workflow step

In z/OSMF workflow REST API step, it's very inconvenient to check the response to API request and possibly fail the workflow step. Eg.: <requestBody substitution="true">{"cmd":"S BLABLA","system":"${_workflow-systemName}","sol-key": "^(?![\\...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future 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.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under 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

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

Forward zVM Data to zAware

Forward zVM logs to zAware
about 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

Allow definition of user's PREFIX in RACF TSO segment

Currently, a TSO User's prefix defaults to USERID. This is not suitable in all environmentsI would like the ability to specify a PREFIX in the TSO segment (for example, to set this to the user's DEFAULT group).The prefix is stored in the UPT Contr...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Not under 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 ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 5 Not under consideration

include CopyPool Records in DCOLLECT Output

The DCOLLECT function should include informations about copypools.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Planned for future release

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

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