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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Encryption of ZVM dumps

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1128061336User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1128061336Title: Encryption of ZVM dumpsSubmitted By: Jim Sicignano/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: VM Level2 SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Dat...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

Add Originiating Accounting Number to Sp

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00025289User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMPR93005Title: Add Originiating Accounting Number to Spool FileSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Gr...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Ability to provide access to DIAGF8 info

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00070235User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: Ability to provide access to DIAGF8 information for all filesSubmitted By: U0006352Originators Area: B001 / 01256 341071FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submi...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Directory Maintenance subconfig sorting

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0710132316User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0924024650Title: Directory Maintenance subconfig sortingSubmitted By: Roger Thibault/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: ISC Canada VM SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicot...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide DSE option for user disks

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0817102328User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV201008Title: Provide DSE option for user disksSubmitted By: Ronald Campbell/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: zSeries TechlineFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submi...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release

Dynamic Deallocation of Paging and Spool

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00025368User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMSM90812Title: Dynamic Deallocation of Paging and Spooling VolumesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Z/VM 5.4 TCPIP RACF interface for Certif

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0209095541User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0209095541Title: Z/VM 5.4 TCPIP RACF interface for CertificatesSubmitted By: Francois Lafreniere/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: NS Software SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffi...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Functionality already exists

use of ETC SERVICES file for NETSTAT por

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0531052323User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0531052323Title: use of ETC SERVICES file for NETSTAT port translationSubmitted By: Peter J Verschuren/Netherlands/IBMOriginators Area: ITSFPOC: Daniel Griffith/En...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Z/VM MPROUTE: Support for No So Stubby A

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0813026831User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0813026831Title: Z/VM MPROUTE: Support for No So Stubby Area (NSSA) for OSPFSubmitted By: Vladimir Luna/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: (905) 316-6665FPOC: Daniel Gri...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

DirMaint currently does not use RACF for

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1022072955User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1022072955Title: DirMaint currently does not use RACF for logon-by checkingSubmitted By: Doug Barnhart/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: DirMaint Level 2FPOC: Daniel G...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release