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Add fuction: RMM CV command to change sysid with FORCE

Add fuction: RMM CV command to change the assigned SYSID with FORCE If a customer is running multiple LPARs that are sharing a CDS, we generally see CATSYSID(*) but if a customer is running multiple LPARS and not sharing the CDS, the SYSID could l...
9 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

add the search volume command (sv) on assigned SYSTEM ID

We can display the assigned system ID and would be good to have the fuction to do a search by the assigned SYSTEM ID For example: Creation: Date = 2021/287 Time = 09:33:18 System ID = IBM1 Assign: Date = 2024/349 Time = 09:20:56 System ID = SYSTEM...
9 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

DFSMSrmm ONLYIF with BEGIN and END

Currently ONLYIF support in EDGRMMxx and DEFTABLE effects the next command/parameter, for every paramter/command you would require an ONLYIF statement. By providing support that includes a block of commands/statement, will reduce the size and comp...
13 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

Provide options to cancel active user sessions

It would be beneficial to have options to cancel active user sessions in order to comply with an audit requirement. This would involve providing the following options: Enhancing the Usage Satatistics plugin by selecting a box beside a User ID, the...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Under review

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Under review

Allow REST API to provide absolute or relative path in REST API zosmf/restfiles/fs/{filepath-name} and/or Provide appropriate messages.

See Case TS016672435 for more details. (For me this looks like a bug, but as you see in the case, Support thinks it is working as designed, so Could we please get this fixed). A larger issue is not to get 500 return codes for REST API usage proble...
7 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

Control passphrase strength and complexity, just like password strength and complexity is today.

We must enforce complexity rules for passphrase (i.e. : minimal length, pattern, ...etc...), just like we do for password. Some regulatory bodies compel us to do so in Banking industry. The subparameter RULEn of SETROPTS PASSWORD command should ap...
13 days ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Needs more information

Suppress SDSF ULOG panel after z/OS V2.5

SDSF ULOG display was changed by z/OS V2.5 following. <V2.4>The users who do not authorized READ access to resource ISFCMD.ODSP.ULOG.jesx could not display ULOG panel. <V2.5> The users became to display ULOG panel whether authorized or...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF ENF 79 signalling for grouping class profiles relating to DB2 objects

We found that if someone has successfully executed e.g. a Stored Procedure with access granted via a RACF grouping profile and then you remove their access to that grouping profile alongside relevant RACLIST REFRESH command, they can still execute...
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Allow user ID that authenticate with passticket to not have to set a password.

Currently user ID that use passticket for authentication still have to set a password in RACF even if it is never used. This creates overhead managing a password and renewal of the password where non-expiry passwords are not permitted. This reques...
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review