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SMPE Output in XML/JSON

Exporting in a format such as JSON/XML would allow for users to read in the SMPE output and manipulate the information to build a more automated process.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF RESTful APIs for RACF management

Dear, Our customer ICBC is trying to use z/OSMF to implement RACF management such as password reset, user resume and so on. But now z/OSMF didn't provide any API to implement it. We open this RFE in order to request z/OSMF to provide RESTful API t...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

zfsadm shrink should provide a means to automatically specify -size without running aggrinfo or calculating from fsinfo

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. -size must be taken either from aggrinfo, or calculated from fsinfo, then manually added to the zfsadm shrink command. zfsadm shrink should provide a means to do this automatically ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 2 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should provide means to mount R/O filesystem R/W, then switch back to R/O after zfsadm shrink completes

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. Forcing a user to manually remount the filesystem R/W, then remount it again as R/O is time-consuming and error prone. zfsadm shrink should provide a means to do this automatically....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Create Alias for all datasets when installing new z/OS

Hi Last time I installed z/OS 2.5 all datasets was defined with an Alias but not this time with install of z/OS 3.1. the answer I got from case TS014843200 was: Its working as designed. Data sets which can be referenced using the volume, like PDSe...
12 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

zOSMF - enable JCL edit for software deployment jobs

software management under zOSMF allows for deployment of products to target systems. The tooling builds a set of batch jobs which can then be executed to deploy the software. The tooling builds the batch jobs in a set way and although it may work ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

JES2 Access enhancement for MSGCLASS, SYSOUT as already provided for JOBLCASS

We are using a user written exit to control usage of: SYSOUT JOBCLASS MSGCLASS OUTPUTCLASS Currently supported by RACF out of the Box is 'only' the JOBCLASS using Profiles: JES.JOBCLASS.* in CL(FACILITY)
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Send TCP/IP reply traffic over the same interface

Provide a way to force the TCP/IP Stack to send reply traffic over the same interface that the request came in on.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Native REST API for Administration and Reporting against RACF Databases

A native REST API for administration and reporting against RACF would be extremely helpful for automation and product flexibility. Example functions would be CRUD against user ID's/OMVS segments, CRUD for dataset/resource rules, and modifying grou...
12 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

multiple "F ANTAS000,..." consol commands have to be executed correctly w/o errors like "IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY"

multiple StateSave via "F ANTAS000,STATESAVE muuuu 0 N" consol commands have to be executed correctly w/o errors like "IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY"
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 3 Future consideration