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Add HMC Event Monitoring option to include HW MSG Details

Background: Environment uses HMC Event Monitoring to send emails when an event is open against a CEC (Ex: Call Home .*Service authorization.*# any Service authorization messages). That email does NOT include the IBM case number that is assigned. W...
8 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Planned for future release

Desirable new feature: GROUP revoke inactive days and consequently new user inactivity policy

We have set SETROPTS INACTIVE(60) and this is applicable for all users. However, we have some specific users with the requirement not to be revoked after 60 days but at different than this value. So, Inactivity should be helpful to be defined as g...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Add additional filtering keywords to IEASYMxx

If IEASYMxx supported a SYSDEF SYSRES(volser) parameter it would be possible to set other symbols based on the volser of the sysres. This would eliminate the need for the system programmer to change IEASYMxx each time the IPL volume changed. Reduc...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 1 Not under consideration

could we have AOPBATCH part of the z/OS and not dependant of having InforPrint Server ?

AOPBATCH is better than BPXBATCH
about 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

HSM 'Audit' runs for hours if cloud objects exists

Running an 'AUDIT DATASETCONTROLS(MIGRATION)' runs for hours. From my point of view it's related to cloud objects, which are checked too and for each object HSM opens a new connection, query the object and terminates the connection. I expect this ...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

RMF Above the bar storage

When you have multiple input files for Post Processor reports that span many intervals, you may reach your above the line user region limit and get an 0C4 without a clue of that could have happened. This forces you to break one Post Processor job ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Deploy an option to suppress warning messages in HCD.

There are warning messages that come out in HCD that are known to be ok, but still spill out a lot of warning messages that are additional things to review. It would be great to have the ability to suppress warning messages in an IODF and those be...
3 months ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

Support EZANS as part of z/OS Communications Server

The EZANS Netstat dialogue is a vital tool for suporting z/OS Communications Server TCPIP. It is not supoorted and is frozen as a level of z/OS 1.12.IBM should formally support EZANS as part of z/OS Communications Server:1. to accept PMRs for faul...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

need CEEOPT64 for amode64 environments

allow applications that have amode31 and amode64 environments to be able to read options specific to their environment. For example existing CEEOPTS be used by amode24/31 applications and CEEOPT64 be processed by amode64 environment
about 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Enable zERT to Detect Partial/Failed Secure Handshakes

We would like an enhancement to zERT reporting that would detect a failed or otherwise incomplete SSL/TLS or SSH handshake/negotiation in order to distinguish it from a fully unencrypted connection. Right now zERT marks connections that failed to ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

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