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FICON Status reporting

JPMC would like another option other than CONFIGxx on z/OS to report the status of channels on their z13's using Automation. A WEB API to submit a query to all channels for the operating status, then they would take the information returned and co...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Planned for future release

CMT#AB6351

When Correctable Error(CE) occurs in the CPU L3 cache in LinuxONE, db2sysc/gskit issues KMC instruction,After recovering Correctable Error (CE), HW recovery failed because KMC instruction could not rerun that original data was already encripted.IP...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Future consideration

RACUT200 should verify if RACF is not already running if executed in RACFVM user.

The RACUT200 utility (but also RACSTART) should verify that RACF is not already running when executed before continue its execution.
over 8 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release

Please add zERT information in NETSTAT Displays like AT-TLS

Please add zERT Information for a selected TCP Session and report TLS Version, Ciphersuite and Session Reuse in a z/OS Stack Netstat Report Display like is it available for AT-TLS
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

TSO TESTAUTH should load authorized reentrant programs into key 0 storage

Problem: The TSO TESTAUTH command does not provide for locating non-reentrant code in authorized reentrant programs. It loads authorized reentrant code into subpool 251 which is not key 0 thus preventing abends during testing. The programmer could...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Future consideration

Cipher Text Translate to suport ASYM<-->SYMMETRIC translations

3rd party clients are using ASYM PKCS11 encrypt/decrypt to send for example CC numbers to us. Vice Versa as well. Local DB2 database stores the CC numbers using a symmetric key.Would like a enhancement to CIPHER text translate or new function to p...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 10 Not under consideration

HCD unattended Export to allow replace an old IODF in different disk.

HCD unattended export with replace leaves IODF in old disk, not the one specified in the panel. Wait state obtained in IPL because IODF file was not in the intended disk, the one in the LOADPARM. IODF file was created by HCD export from other sysp...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / HCD 3 Not under consideration

ATTLS policy applied after SOCKS occur for FTP policy

I was attempting to get a proxy'ed connection for FTP to use ATTLS outbound. I could not get the policy to match on IP and Port due to the fact it was using Socks. This means all of the connections that I have going through my Proxy server has to ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Improvement on FFDC for z/OS & VTS mount state discrepencies

We have had many instances over the years of mismatches between the VTS device mount state in the VTS and z/OS. The latest of these was being pursued through PMR 15331,122,000. In almost all of these instances we get some notification through a z/...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

Need for ISPF alternate translate table for Cyrillic terminal (3278CY now)

Current translate table for ISPF Terminal Type 3278CY defines as valid some symbols which are really invalid for PC3270 session with Host Code Page 1025 Russia, we found the following symbols:x'42', x'54', x'62', x'72', x'75'We need the alternate ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

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