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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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Enhance z/VM RACF so that digital certificates can be stored in RACF

Please enhance z/VM so that digital certificates can be stored in the RACF database.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Configure RACF on z/VM so it has a RACF command exit

Please enhance RACF on z/VM so it has the equivalent of the IRREVX01 exit point.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Requesting enhancement to allow Hex assigned domain number for crypto card naming convention

Wells Fargo Bank has asked IBM to submit a request for enhancement to allow a crypto card to have a hex assigned Domain Number verses decimal only for naming convention and management simplicity. This would enable large complex customers the abili...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

TLS Failure Message Enhancements :: System SSL error code added to all TLS handsahke/authentication failure messages

Currently when an FTP fails we get a cryptic message such as the following in the FTP server ID=FTPSEC100168 SECURE fails Reason=4 Text=The TLS handshake failed or in a client connection EZY2640I Using dd:SYSFTPD=SYS5.TCPIP.PUBLIC(CFTPSEC) for loc...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

OSA hangs when SVIPA and DVIPA range overlap and FTPS job is run

See attached
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

VM Snapshot and API access

To make zVM and WAVE more competitive with the virtual server and cloud industry, you should provide more tools and access to zVM. We have the WAVE product but do not find it worth the money without a large toolset. Being able to snapshot Linux vi...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Enhance Resolver DISPLAY Command

On the current system, there is no mechanism to confirm the set of Resolver options in use for an application. Enhance the MODIFY RESOLVER,DISPLAY command to provide an option to report these value, preferably including the files or data sets used...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Want to improve parameter FREEVOL on DD statement

My customer wants to improve the parameter FREEVOL on the statement DD, to release all volumes of a multivolume tape file. To permit an other JOB2 that will be use the same multivolume tape file, to obtain volume serial as son as JOB1 release the ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

zHMC WEB API Service command for channel toggles

JPMC has asked about using a WEB Services API command to the HMC to toggle a channel.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 4 Planned for future release

FTP - Submit a JOB from a UTF-8 encoded file

With the openness to the heterogeneous world, Clients most often work with UTF-8 encoding, while the "mvs" part of z/OS works in EBCDIC. We would like to be able to submit JOBs via FTP which on the Client are encoded in UTF-8, and that on the z/OS...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration