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z/OS

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drivining z/OSMF REST API from uss without credentials

I want to be to invoke z/OSMF REST API while I'm logged in uss without providing credentials that I have passed when I logged to uss.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

RDW support in the zNFS Server

We are using MVS data with mixed bytes need to be transfered in binary mode(no conversion).The zNFS server should support the usage and handling(transport) the z/OS RecordDescriptorWord(RDW) as FTP for example.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Planned for future release

Enhance DFSMS 42 subtypes 21, 24, 25 and 26 to include job number, reader start date & reader start time

Please enhance the DFSMS 42 subtype records 21, 24, 25 and 26 to include job number, reader start date & reader start time.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Planned for future release

Support insecure mode in the Web Enablement Toolkit for SSL connections

The curl program provides insecure mode that bypasses verification of certificates during an SSL connection and allows the connection to proceed. This is not ideal in a production environment but very useful during application development when sel...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 2 Not under consideration

IARV64 macro to return guard area

We use the IARV64 REQUEST=LIST macro to list all HVCommon memory objects. If you calculate the size of the memory objects using the V64WAEND64 and V64WASTART64 addresses returned from the IARV64 macro, it is possible for those numbers to be off be...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Not under consideration

Long IOS recovery time in HyperPAV environment

Customer has concern about the IOS recovery time when the dasd devices are unresponsive.When IFCC or MIH type error occurs, IOS performs the DPS validation. During this DPSVAL, if the SNID (Sense Path Group ID) command fails, the defective path is...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 3 Future consideration

z/OS Logr needs a way to delete expired offload datasets even when no new data is written to the logstream.

In the context of AUTDELETE(YES), Logr only considers deleting expired offload datasets when it needs to allocate a new offload dataset.If there is no write activity on the logstream, the current offload never fills up and the old data in the LS i...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 1 Planned for future release

SAF Resource Protection for Port 0

Create a SAF Resource or some other type of protection to protect port 0 from IDs requesting BIND / LISTEN. IDs must then be permitted the specific access to be able to do so.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Add new DFSMS Flag in SSSA1 to support zSecure

zSecure module CFCOLL is calling DFSMS and writing logrec records for IGDCNSAQ when there is no error. DFSMS Development have suggested that they could provide an enhancement to provide a new flag in SSSA1 for callers to tell them if they need to ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Not under consideration

determine file size when viewing workstation file

ISPF and its workstation agent should be changed so that they can determine the size of the workstation file being viewed and allocate a sufficiently large z/OS work data set to avoid the out-of-space condition.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

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