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zHMC Password Encryption & Audit Report

We have a request from a corporate auditor to explain the security controls surrounding the passwords stored within the HMC. They have requested evidence that the passwords for the accounts (i.e. OPER, SYSPROG, etc) are encrypted on the hard drive...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

Remove DASDVOL call from DFDSS logical dataset dump

When running a DFDSS logcal dataset dump of a SMS managed volume, DFDSS is making an unnecessary call to the RACF DASDVOL facility class. Please review the above Service Request for the details. We are attempting to delete the DASDVOL facility cla...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Enhance z/VM RACF to have a RACF Remote Sharing Facility Feature

Please enhance z/VM RACF to have a Remote Sharing Facility like RACF for z/OS and integrate with the z/OS RACF Remote Sharing Facility network.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Add field to SMF30 record for 0M/NOLIMIT Request

Add a field to the SMF30 record to reflect when a region request of 0M/NOLIMIT is specified.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Apply dynamically HW CRYPTO definitions to z/VM

Changes in z System LPAR activation profile regarding CRYPTO definitions can not be made dynamically available to a LPAR running z/VM. Today it is necessary to shutdown the z/VM and perform a LPAR deactivate followed by LPAR activation. This is an...
about 9 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

IDCAMS ALTER NEWNAME should support multiple level rename

Consolidating sysplexes, I've got a requirement to rename all data sets under a given HLQ to a multi level qualifier. IDCAMS ALTER NEWNAME would allow it for a single qualifier to a single qualifier (though the masking requirements are somewhat st...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Create an attribute that would prevent the REVOKE of a UserID due to incorrect password attempts

Requesting the creation of an attribute that would exist on the User ID that would prevent/override the User ID from being revoked due to invalid password attempts. Any successful authentications should be allowed. Unsuccessful authentications sho...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

TSO - Simplify Reconnect by providing option to reconnect or cancel instead of re-logging on

TSO reconnect is a manual process, and should be more automated by providing an option to reconnect when a reconnect situation is detected.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

More granular setup of healthcheck RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES

Healthcheck RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES covers a lot of different resources. If one of the checks fails the whole check fails. To prevent false-postive checks on this healthcheck the only option is to deactivate the healthcheck as a whole. It would b...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Script execution entries.

It would be helpful to identify what scripts have executed in OMVS. Helps to resolve issue wrt to sript execution or failures chekcing.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 1 Not under consideration

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