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    Support extended highlighting in custom health checks

    SDSF 3.1 adds a feature for extended highlighting in health check reports. These drastically improve readability of extensive check outputs. Right now, custom health checks are not supported and therefore can't make use of the new feature. SDSF an...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration

    RACF RACDCERT should support PDS(E) and zFS as well as sequential data sets

    RACDCERT ADD, CHECKCERT, GENREQ etc. require a unique sequential dataset. Usability would be improved if RACF supported a PDS or PDSE member, or even a zFE file.
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    Add REVOKE in FACILITY password reset authorities

    Enhance the authority associated with FACILITY resource IRR.PASSWORD.RESET and those prefixed IRR.PWRESET to allow users to REVOKE an ID within the existing scope of authority of these resources. These FACILITY resources allow users to RESUME and ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

    Enable TCT to use a custom system symbol instead of TCTREGION

    Allow a custom system symbolic to be used instead of TCTREGION for TCT preferred and backup endpoint selection. Currently, TCTREGION symbol is limiting in scope due to PROD and DR hard coded values which don't apply to every scenario (running live...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    Define the conflicting certificates have same public key within RACF database

    RACF database should have certificates with same public key to be defined. As long as certificates have different serial number, they should be consider as different certificates. Since Digicert has created two intermediate CA which have different...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Improve cancellation method of HSM TCT request when HyperSwap is attempted from HOST perspective

    When HSM TCT requests get hung due to faulty network configuration, etc, ANTMAIN holds enqueue on PLANNED.HSWAP.plexname resource which causes planned hyperswap to fail unless ANTMAIN tasks are canceled. Request to improve cancellation method of P...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    Automatic Backup for UNIX-Files

    DFSMShsm in FILE-Mode (for UNIX-Files) should support automatic backup like CLASSIC-Mode. SETSYS INUSE should also be considered because files are often in use.
    about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

    z/OSMF SCA: New feature to remove authorizations

    Currently, "fixing" a security definition via SCA allows to add a user or group to a profile. We would like to have a new feature to: - list who is currently authorized for access to a specific resource - generate RACF commands to remove certain u...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    System wide System SSL Settings

    We would like the ability to set system wide System SSL settings at IPL time. We would like a configuration, where we can permanently disable legacy SSL settings (protocols, ciphers, ecurves, keysizes, etc.). Currently, it is up to each Applicatio...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / SSL 1 Future consideration

    Improve availability of Z/OS WLM application Environment in Sysplex with DB2 Data sharing

    There is a design issue with the Z/OS WLM application Environment for Data sharing Systems. In Data Sharing Environment we noticed that WLM abend on one LPAR resulted in Sysplex wide Impact. The basic principle of Data Sharing is high availability...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Future consideration

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