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Mainframe utility to access S3 for store and retrieval

With increased use of the cloud we are facing a need to have S3 interface available on z/OS for transferring data between z/OS and the cloud.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Delivered

Extend isfjcall to call SDSF functions with parameters

Several SDSF functions allow the user to specify parameters on invocation, for example "CK E", "RM ALL", "DEV ACT". To the contrary, isfjcall runners always return all rows, often don't honor the function's default parameter (like for RM it is "RM...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Delivered

CSSMTP support for RFC4954

CSSMTP needs to support RFC4954 for TLS connectity to Microsoft Exchange servers.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

Enable dsadm (dsfs) to support more granular high level qualifier for createparm

Currently DSFS only support a single level high level qualifier for the dsadm createparm path (e.g. IBMUSER). Please expand this to multiple levels (e.g. IBMUSER.TEST). The psmodel/pdsmodel's may be different with different qualifier levels.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Delivered

Extended GDG causes space issues

The LIMIT of 999 may be too high, not only for space reasons, but also for space management reasons.There are 3 major issues in the current implementation:1) Installations have no options in terms of limit the maximum number of GDGs. It is either ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Delivered

Increase LPAR usage precision in CPC report

In current RMF3 CPC report the LPAR usage precision is limited to one decimal.On CPC with high number of processor (we have > 80 CP) one decimal means approximate 10% of one processor. If one processor rating is 1000 MIPS, 10% are 100 MIPS. A 2...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Delivered

New RACF resource to block the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” only

Description: The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards. Both environments have the GDPS 4.3 MGM with hyperswap active. This RFE is to request a specific RACF resource only to block the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”, nowadays there is on...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Delivered

Allow ACS installation exits to be reloaded without an IPL

According to the manual and validated by our testing the ACS installation exits (IGDACSDC, IGDACMDC and IGDACSSC) can only be refreshed with an IPL. These exits should be controlled by the Dynamic exits facility and one should be able to modify an...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Delivered

Create z/OS Unix symbolic link with ZOSMF Rest API

We would like to see the ability to create and delete symbolic links added to the ZOSMF File Rest API.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Update SYSLOGD to support sending data via TCP

We have a requirement to send SYSLOGD data to another server but we need to send it via TCP and use ATTLS to encrypt the data. The current implementation only allows for sending via UDP and doesn't allow for a different port specification.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered