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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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    Enable Remote Option For HMC Application Restart

    Would it be possible to have the option to restart the HMC app via remote access rather than just local? This maybe all that is required rather than the more heavy handed restart which I believe will take out the SE as well whereas the app restart...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Delivered

    Need a "select all data types" option when doing HMC backups

    System: z Series HMC - Drivers 36, 41 and future.Actor: User needing new feature Description: "Save/Restore Customizable Console Data" is used to back up all customizable data types on each of our HMCs. We backup all data types and a manual select...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Delivered

    HMC <-> Support Element Communication must comply with PCI DSS / security requirements

    To be compliant with the current PCI DSS requirements, certain cipher suites and signature algorithm must be used for the encrypted communication between HMC and Support Element. In contrast to the Web Frontend communication it is not possible to ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 3 Delivered

    Support CMACZERO Algorithm for Key Checksum Value

    Our customer generates all their keys on a platform that uses CMACZERO for the KCV. With no support for CMACZERO when entering AES keys on the TKE, they're not assured of correct key entry during an injection ceremony.
    9 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 2 Delivered

    The Change Mirror Time on the SE does not show what it is currently set to

    The Change Mirror Time option on the SE for a z15 and z16 does not show the current time the daily mirror is already set for. It only shows the current time in the window. It would be useful to know what it is set to currently so it can be checked...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Delivered

    Creating and Deleting Profiles on HMC/SE via BCPII

    We have been using BCPII for quite a while to automate the control of the "defined capacity" in our z/OS Images. This was an important milestone for us because the defined capacity values can change very frequently based upon our clients requests....
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 5 Delivered

    Make OSA ICC Console Shared Certificate to use as CA signed with Pertinent infor such as Country Code, etc.

    We like to have Shared Certificate as a option also like Individual Certificate to have it as CA signed. Right now, there is no way to have Shared Certificate to be CA signed to put in Country code and all the pertinent information. We need this s...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Delivered

    HMC support for Federation protocols(SAML 2.0 or OIDC)

    Currently HMC Does not support SAML 2.0 or OIDC protocols for authentication. Our organization is moving to Federation as an Enterprise access solution and will impact how we administer HMC access.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Delivered

    realtime HMC/SE logging at a syslog server

    We have the requirement to collect all messages, logs,... at a central point like a syslog server (e.g. Splunk).It has to became possile to collect all HMCs and SEs messages (Logs, API-Requests, HW-messages,...) there in realtime. The aim is to re...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Delivered

    LDAP Group Support for System z HMC

    The System z HMC currently does not support LDAP Groups. We are unable to utilize the alternate method using templates as we are unable to update the LDAP schema for our users. We are requesting the capability for defining LDAP Groups on the Syste...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Delivered

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