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Support system symbolics and wildcard for RACF RALTER ADDMEM command

Please provide RACF command RALTER's ADDMEM field to support WILDCARD or System SYMBOLIC variable for the dataset name. For example: we would like to be able to specify dataset using system symbolic; RALTER PROGRAM ** ADDMEM('AO.D9G.&SYSID..XX...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

z/VM RACF DB minidisk support

Dear Development.I'd like to have provided option for RACF (RACFVM) having database on standard CMS minidisk (not OS formatted) for standalone zVM (with not shared RACF).Most of zVM I worked with have not shared security DB.If most of the z/VM gue...
over 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Reconfiguration of ospf_interface's parameters

Provide command(s) to dynamic reconfiguration of OSPF_Interface statements. The F OMPROUTE,RECONFIG command that is currently available can only be used to add new interfaces, and we have to recycle the OMPROUTE Address Space to apply our changes.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

Remove restriction on MVS files being closed when a thread ends

Knowledge Center documents the restriction that "All MVS files opened from a given thread and still open when the thread is terminated are closed automatically by the library during thread termination." (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Swagger ui front end portal

The ability to fully "brand" the Web UI
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Under review

FS9500 HyperSwap testing/integration

"requirement to disable auto lun scan. The client also wants to use FS9500 HyperSwap, and we are seeing the combination of technology (ICIC + FS9500 HyperSwap) does not appear to have been tested."
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 3 Under review

Domain per client

Domain per client with multiple projects, needs complete isolation from each other, can specify rules & parms. Domain is an openstack concept.
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Future consideration

z/OS - WTO/WTOR add a No-Manipulate Parameter

Hello IBM, It is a critical requirement for products such as GDPS, that messages are seen by the product. This involves a significant amount of expertise and time to check z/OS, NetView and SA components to ensure that certain messages are not man...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Not under consideration

Allow the order of variables in Workflow Editor to be rearranged

Variables defined in the Workflow Editor are arranged in order when they were created. The order is not particularly interesting per se. However, when exposing workflows to an external page. (By means, for example a portal), and want to dynamicall...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

bsearch library function for Metal C

Given the Metal C run-time library includes qsort, it should include bsearch
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

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