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    Delete AboutPage.jsp link from Welcome Page on z/OSMF

    This AboutPage is a huge security problem because a guest can see a lot of informations that he don't have to know
    11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

    Add DATACLAS selection to ZOSMF Software Manager Deployment Configuration of Datasets

    In ZOSMF Software Manager - Deployment Dataset Configuration. Allow a DATACLAS field in addition to the STORCLAS field. This will allow for the allocation of NON-SMS EXTENDED FORMAT ZFS files (that are greater than 4GB).
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 4 Delivered

    Enhanced SETIOS Function to Perform Freeze

    Hyperswap verifications with the new SETIOS-function work very well. But this works for Unplanned Hyperswaps only, not for a Freeze.It would be very helpful when a similar command is available for the verification on the Secondary DASD (e.g. "SETI...
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 19 Delivered

    HMC with autoscaling windows in all 'screens'

    Currently there is no HMC/SE internal alignment that windows do auto scale. As nowadays when working with large screens but the HMC window does not auto scale and works with fixed height of 30 lines, that's not very user-friendly. Hence all window...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 5 Delivered

    HSM 'Audit' runs for hours if cloud objects exists

    Running an 'AUDIT DATASETCONTROLS(MIGRATION)' runs for hours. From my point of view it's related to cloud objects, which are checked too and for each object HSM opens a new connection, query the object and terminates the connection. I expect this ...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Delivered

    Excessive CPU usage during HSM EXPIREBV/BDEL of USS file backups

    HSM consumes unacceptable high amount of CPU time during EXPIREBV and BDEL processing
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 16 Delivered

    Reuse of address groups in zOSMF Configuration Assistant

    As more and more policies can be managed by zOSMF Configuration Assistant it would be very beneficial if the address groups can be re-used in the policies to: Speed up creation of new Policies Prevent duplication of data Simplify Management of add...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

    zERT - Passphrase Support

    zERT must support Passphrase for authentication and not only 8 char passwords.
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

    Create a SMF security violation for failures on BPX.SUPERUSER so installations can use it to detect possible hacks or attacks.

    Please refer to case: TS017997103 for additional information Our intent was to audit the usage of the "su" command, and subsequent access granted once a user has switched user. Primarily we want to audit the "su" to ROOT userid. Thinking we could ...
    11 months ago in z/OS / USS 1 Delivered

    z/OSMF Security Configuration Assistant

    Security Configuration Assistant is a very friendly and handy product to check security settings once you have the base z/OSMF setup, however, for those who still do not have it completely setup it is impossible to use, so what I am proposing is t...
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

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