IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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DS8950F TCT Monomode Fiber connection

We need to create a cross infrastructure at a distance not supported by multimode fiber. The availability of single-mode 10Gb cards is therefore required
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 2 Planned for future release

z/OSMF REST Services - Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters

Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters, as a way to indicate that we have files that already contain the NEWLINE characters so that no additional NEWLINE characters get added.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Enhance System SSL tracing

Enhance z/OS System SSL trace to produce a more descriptive/interpreted display of all the fields for CLIENT-HELLO and SERVER-HELLO messages instead of just a hex dump.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SSL 2 Not under consideration

Include IRRPRMXX parms in RVARY LIST output

Request to update the RVARY LIST command's output to include all possible parameters which could be specified in the PARMLIB(IRRPRMxx) RACF data set name table member. Currently, parms such as BUFFERS, UPDATEBACKUP are not in the output; thus user...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

API/ Plugin to be used for data transferring to vendors- using zOSMF FTP servers definition

Create an API or plugin to be used to transfer data to vendors. we already have all vendors defined on zosmf FTP server definitions I know incident log has this features, including adding any dataset to an existing incident log entry, but we´re no...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

OSA internal clock sync with host time

I am requesting that the internal OSA clock time be synchronized with an external time source. It could be the CEC/STP time or it could be an NTP source.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Planned for future release

SMF119-Domain Name

Have SMF119 record keep Domain Name of Local and Remote in the record.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Offline BER test on FICON channels

On IBM DS8K products we are able to perform an offline Bit ERror (BER) test to check a FICON link's quality while the path is offline but the cables are connected. My understanding is that this is accomplished by using idle characters being sent o...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Future consideration

additional information for certificates in keystores

additional information for certificates in keystores (RACF, .kdb, .jks )Data-installation-fieldLast-use-date for certificatesLast-use-date for keyrings and certificates in keyrings plus SMF-records for certificates (also information in logs, cms,…...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

z/OSMF Incident Log should support OEM FTP

Customer is running OEM FTP software and want to use this with'Z/OSMF Incident Log',editing the JCL before is not an option for the customer.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

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