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    Would like z/OSMF Deploy to create the USS directories and mount the zFS files for the SMP/E target datasets defined in the DDDEF's.

    In the past when you order IBM software the old ServerPac service would prompt you for the USS path and the zFS files. z/OSMF does this also. Then as one of the last stepsthe product would run a job to create the USS directories and would also mou...
    10 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    All shell and utilities must respect the code page tag on all files.

    I'm primarily interested in the openssh, specifically ssh-keygen, but all shell/utilities need to be code page tag aware. This is extremely important as some ported tools will create files as ISO8859-1 causing those files to be unusable by some of...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 4 Functionality already exists

    Support logical PARMLIB concatenation for ANTMIN00

    Currently, ANTMIN00 PARMLIB member has to reside in SYS1.PARMLIB or a member with sysname in SYS1.ANTMAIN.PARMLIB. The better solution would be that ANTMIN00 can be located in the logical PARMLIB concatenation. So, please make it possible to locat...
    9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 1 Future consideration

    DFSMS and improved volume selection in a Storagegroup.

    Any installation changes volume size over the years. From M3 to M54 and now many of us use EAVs as well.So the storagegroups is typically a mix volumes with different sizes; from a few GBs to many GBs. The key criteria for SMS volume selection und...
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Planned for future release

    Simple documented configuration of passphrase complexity rules

    I am familiar with IRRPHREX option. However, I would like a simpler option that is managed and displayed in SETROPTS. I don't need extensive customizability, I really only need to enforce minimum length of 15 rather than 9. I can do it with IRRPHR...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    RACF should prioritize checking certificates with longer validity periods in the keyrings.

    Opening a new idea (RFE) since IBM changed the status of ZOS-I-4249 to Not under consideration Why is it useful: Let's consider an example: CustomerX provides a new subCA to Visa for installation as a trusted entity because one of their subCAs, sa...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 13 Future consideration

    show EAV related information is ISPF DSLIST

    In ISPF DSLIST there are NO informations related to the dataset Placement on EAV volumes. I would find the following Information helpful, maybe as a separate page (via PF10/PF11) in DSLIST: - value of EATTR- number of cylinder managed extents- agg...
    almost 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

    Control Over TCP Listeners Binding to Port 0

    Description: Our organization enforces strict controls over all TCP listeners on our stack using the UNRSV TCP DENY WHEN LISTEN logic and SAF resource keyword definitions. This approach ensures that only authorized listeners, explicitly defined in...
    4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

    Provide a REXX API to EzNoSQL

    There is a wealth of REXX applications on z/OS, many utilized under ISPF, that would benefit from this capability. REXX is also a fantastic, no compile, proof-of-concept/prototype language that can be used to validate a concept. Having this API wo...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 1 Future consideration

    zCX: Personal and technical Userids mustn't be in the same group / results in workflow failures / rerunability

    The zCX workflow says for the SAF group to be specified during provisioning: "Specify an existing SAF group name to allow that group access to this IBM z/OS Container Extensions appliance instance directory. The provisioning user of this IBM zCX a...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

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