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DFSMSrmm cleanup data set records

Most customers today are using VTS to create tapes. When the tapes go scratch, after x number of days, the data is usually deleted from the VTS. For example this is the case with TS77xx EXPIRY-HOLD=x days, meaning after RMM has scratch the tape, t...
22 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Under review

LDAP Server Definitions - Allow testing and validation

With the current option is only possible to define the Primary and Backup hosts with a port and separate Bind DN. It would be great to offer the function to test the connection (with a ping for non-SSL and a handshake for SSL connections) and vali...
29 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 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...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Add HSTS Headers to ALL HTTP Responses in HMC Web Services REST API

The HMC Web Services REST API currently does not include the HSTS (HTTS Strict Transport Security) headers in all HTTP responses. This causes security scans (e.g., tools like Nessus or Qualys) to flag the HMC web server for non-compliance with mod...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Under review

Inclusion of CHPID/adapter status (and state) change in Monitor System Events

It would be extremely useful if CHPID/adapter status and state change notifications could be sent through the Monitor System Events task on the HMC. For instance, notifications when a FICON CHPID status changes from Online to IFCC Threshold Exceed...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Built-in z/OS Unix package manager

z/OS Unix is slowly becoming more widely used and relevant with technologies like Python, GO, Zowe Explorer, Zowe Desktop and so on. Installs via pax are becoming more common and a new generation of systems programmers are coming in that need to i...
5 months ago in z/OS / General 3 Future consideration

Additional information is needed when changeing the customer contact information

It would be good to have some kind of message that if adding or changing the contact information on the HMC/SE, it must have a match with a contact in the IBM customers portal. The problem is that customers are possibly not aware that the date on ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Planned for future release

Listuser command allows for 'enumeriation' of valid userids

As seen below. When one does a "LU <EXISTING USER>" you get the message : "NOT AUTHORIZED TO LIST IBMUSER"When the user it not present on the system, you get the message "UNABLE TO LOCATE USER ENTRY NOTHERE" It would be better if the reply i...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / General 5 Not under consideration

Create an environment variable on /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers

Hello, Seems the ZFS for the System was in R/O can you create an environment variable like for the Resolver ? For now we create a Symbolic link to manage CDA for exemple ln -s /datas/gdk/providers /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers RESOLVER_CONFIG envir...
19 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Submitted

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