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Please Upgrade z/OS 3.1 & 3.2 to OpenSSH 9.9 or better, to support post-quantum algorithms sntrup761x25519-sha512 and mlkem768x25519-sha256

This would make SSH Server on z/OS more secure and prevent "store now, decrypt later" attacks. Thanks!
14 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

JES2 POLICY: We need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL

To convert 5 JES2 exits to a JES2 policy, we need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL.The JES2 policy attribute ExecNode contains the resolved node, not the nodename as entered on /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node i...
22 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

OTEL Emitter: Implement possiblity for a STOP command instead of a CANCEL command

Currently, Adv. Data Gatherer OTEL Emitter is not able to be shut down in a normal manner. Instead, it has to be canceled to stop the emitter. A MVS cancel alway results in an ABEND222 what's no normal shutdown procedure. So instead of some unusua...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer Planned for future release

Add query parameter to read or write a set of records in a dataset

We would like to reduce redundant locking and response data volume. It could be as simple as "?start=10&end=23" which would only retrieve records 10-23. If either is not filled start defaults to first record and end to last record. As a bonus,...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Not under consideration

HMC extract in JSON format using BCPII

We need to have a view of the HMC config to compare and do some statistics.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_BCPii Submitted

Enhance Shell CP utility to create immutable load module copies

The z/OS UNIX CP command when copying a load module from a data set to a data set does not create an immutable copy. The resulting copy differs from the original source load module which can be seen using SuperC, this is because cp calls the binde...
3 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Submitted

To capture the SC's LOCK SET NAME from the DCOLLECT

Today, DCOLLECT does not provide the lock structure information, which limits our ability to validate the definitions between the Current SCDS and the New SCDS. The below records are being generated from the DCOLLECT and used for the comparison be...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest Needs more information

Add REFVVDS(volser) parm to DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG

We have ZFS datasets in the SYSRES (&SYSR2, in our case).We're upgrading z/OS and we need to catalog new ZFSs indirectly using &SYSR2 - we're not using SSA.When we try to use a DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG the job fails as the VVDS in the cu...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Under review

Add a refresh option to z/OSMF to re-read certificates from RACF ( without needing z/OSMF)

We use Lets Encrypt Certificates with our zosmf servers - these allows clients to receive valid /trusted certificates when accessing zosmf. To achieve this - we must restart zosmf everytime we receive new certificates ( weekly) - if we don't event...
16 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Not under consideration

Allow adding certificates directly from unix files

This would make adding Lets Encrypt Certificates much simpler - Currently we must; - Copy certificates to files on OMVS - Translate from iso8859-1 to ebcdic ibm1047 - Allocate VB259 format PS data sets - Copy (as text) the files to the data sets -...
16 days ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

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