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List General Resource Classes that were not unloaded by IRRDBU00 in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the general resource classes that are defined on the system where the unload is performed. IRRDBU00 does not unload profiles in classes that are not defined on the system where it is executed and does ...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Report the RACF database template level of each INDDn database in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the level of the templates in the database being unloaded. Knowing the level of the templates can help set expectations as to the contents of the unload. This information can also provide a mechanism f...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

zOSMF - NCA allow to delete default 'Security Levels'

Since a recent upgrade the NCA introduced the capability to delete or add all the default rules which is an appreciated feature. Whereas this idea focuses on the extension of the same functionality to the 'Security Levels'. As we only operate on c...
8 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF SMF support

Based on an already closed z/OSMF RFE request (RFE ID: 47399) in 2014 I want to re-open a similar request to ask for SMF support again.We are in need of a central logging feature for actually ALL z/OSMF activities (e.g. Login-Logout, invoking plug...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide new functionality to import data in to zNA using the Db2 load utility instead of inserts

- Db2 load utility can be scheduled as a batch job - Load can be run with log no, reducing the logging overhead - Less resource contention
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Keep message IKJ56474I USERID OR PASSWORD IS INCORRECT OR NOT AUTHORIZED to be held on the screen

When logging into TSO through TN3270, if the user ID or password is entered incorrectly, message 'IKJ56474I USERID OR PASSWORD IS INCORRECT OR NOT AUTHORIZED' briefly appears on the screen before disappearing after a few seconds. Our company audit...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Under review

Selectable items under Customizable Data Replication for User Profile Data

We would like to use Customizable Data Replication across all HMAs in two data centers to replicate passwords for local IDs (i.e. ACSADMIN, SERVICE) but each data center has unique User Patterns. Can the User Profile Data type have sub-categories ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Submitted

DFSMSdss zFS / USS

The request is: "Provide support to backup and restore individual files residing in zFS /USS with DFSMSdss with option for wild cards"
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Allow changing a internal MIH value set by MODULE IOSVDPDR and IOSRRRSV

There are some Japanese banking customers who issue VARY dddd,OFFLINE,FORCE command when an I/O timeout occurs on a device which have a redundancy by software (ie. IMS OLDS). As a result, these devices for being no-response are separated out and a...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed

Design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed to ensure that the status has not changed from the status it had prior to the target being allocated. Since the DFSMSdss stop started after the GDS was crea...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

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