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SYSLOGD / syslog() API - Make it possible to configure a custom AF_UNIX socket for syslog() API

We'd like to get an option for the openlog() / syslog() / closelog() API to configure the AF_UNIX socket to direct the logging messages to another SYSLOGD that is running with -p option configured. The reason for this is, that we consider to run a...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / LE 0 Under review

Would like z/OSMF Deploy to create the USS directories and mount the zFS files for the SMP/E target datasets defined in the DDDEF's.

In the past when you order IBM software the old ServerPac service would prompt you for the USS path and the zFS files. z/OSMF does this also. Then as one of the last stepsthe product would run a job to create the USS directories and would also mou...
27 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Media manager interfaces should provide feedback as to whether writes are actually using zHyperWrite or not

The media manager interfaces don't give enough feedback about whether zHyperWrite is working or not. They only tell a caller that a data-set is zHyperWrite enabled, or not, during initial connect to that data-set. zHyperWrite state can easily chan...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Media Manager 1 Future consideration

zOSMF - Dataset and File Search - Favorites for search strings

Currently you can only add favorites for files using the "Send to Desktop" option from the 3 dots next to a file, but not a favorite for the search that brought up a group of files. For example, There are 6 libraries for a product that you manage ...
9 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

C fopen() SMS attributes to create a file

We use Zfile class to access Z/OS file using Java. Zfile use fopen to manage Z/OS files. Unfortunatelly fopen() C primitive doesn't have MGMTCLAS, DATACLAS, STORCLAS SMS JCL attributes. So with Zfile, i can use SMS attributes to allocate an SMS fi...
10 days ago in z/OS / LE 0 Submitted

Provide a negative exclude command for EDIT and VIEW

Provide e an NEXCLUDE command similar to FIND and EXCLUDE that excludes all lines in the specified range that do not match the specified picture, regex or string in the specied columns.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

Describe the catalog mapping information for capacity estimation

When we migrated the sequential data sets to SMS environment, the user catalog ran out of space, and many batch jobs were ABEND. This was due to an increase in the size of catalog entries due to the use of a maximum of 59 for the Volume Count of ...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Planned for future release

add a TN3270 configuration option to disable the check for Server name & Certificate name to match

Configurable Option to disable Verify Certificate We have encountered a situation with our TKEs at RBC. We had LPAR site certificates included in the TN3270 ring before and removed thus only TN3270 user certificate is in the keyring. More specific...
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Allow for individual RACF installations to select their own pass phrase controls like Broadcom allows for ACF2

JPMC has a policy regarding pass phrases as follows: Password length of 16 characters or greater must be enforced Passwords must not be one of the last 10 passwords used Passwords must not include the digital identity username Passwords must not c...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Sequential files having more than 32k record length

We have to process sequential files with more than 32k record length. The max lrecl we can specify when allocating sequential files is 32K. Kind regards Konstantinos
about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Not under consideration

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