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Creating Common Dataspaces

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0324085813User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE08001Title: Creating Common DataspacesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Brian Keuli...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 4 Not under consideration

Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessors

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR051208658User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR051208658Title: Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessorsSubmitted By: Cheri Prendergast/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Health Check flag LOGSTREAM defined with

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1209093258User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE09006Title: Health Check flag LOGSTREAM defined with DIAG(YES)Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 3 Not under consideration

Expand the JOBPARM TIME field to accommodate more than a week

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00068441User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES296202Title: Expand the JOBPARM TIME field to accomodate more than a weekSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPO...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 3 Future consideration

Encryption Facility should use JZOS API WTOMESSAGE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0208136026User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0208136026Title: Encryption Facility should use JZOS API WTOMESSAGESubmitted By: Ghislaine Dietlin/France/IBMOriginators Area: ITS supportFPOC: John Petreshock/Pou...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithms

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0629125019User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0629125019Title: EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithmsSubmitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: IBM Systems Lab...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0318146227User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0318146227Title: Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.Submitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encrypti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

CSD0050I Command processing ended abnormally: Given final block not properly padded Message needs to be changed to indicate that this is issued due to a password problem.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1008082538User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1008082538Title: CSD0050I Command processing ended abnormally: Given final block not properly padded Message needs to be changed to indicate that this is issued du...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0321114937User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0321114937Title: 4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programsSubmitted By: Ingo Franzki/Germa...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Provide a RunTime option to avoid creati

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0210146243User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0210146243Title: Provide a RunTime option to avoid creation of new additional Language Environment OptionsSubmitted By: Wilfried van Hecke/Germany/IBMOriginators A...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 4 Not under consideration