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LE AMODE 31/64 interoperability environment: retain original abend of secondary enclave

In our new application release we use the new capability to run AMODE 31 programs and AMODE 64 programs together in an application in the same address space. First we start a Java 17 JVM 64-bit environment via JZOS to run our Java-Framework that c...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / LE 1 Under review

SMP/E Root CA certificate change request

Current IBM SMP/E Root certificate, DigiCert Global Root CA, is using weak SHA1 algorithm. We are working on replacing all certificates using SHA1 with much more secure SHA256. Many vendors already switched their SMP/E client certificates to use ...
7 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

Provide a more granular control over timeout Abends (S522) than SMFPRMxx JWT/SWT/SWT

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 07/12/2023 Submitter Name: Arthur J Gutowski (Mainframe Engineer) Submitter Email: Arthur.Gutowski@huntington.com Description: Provide a more granular means of controlling / protecting j...
27 days ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Display JES2 JOBID

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 07/25/2023 Submitter Name: Dave Crow Submitter Email: dave.crow@triangle-systems.com Description: Display JES2 JOBID when that information might not otherwise be surfaced, in order to be...
27 days ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Submitted

Display JES2 JOBID

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 07/25/2023 Submitter Name: Dave Crow Submitter Email: dave.crow@triangle-systems.com Description: Display JES2 JOBID when that information might not otherwise be surfaced, in order to be...
27 days ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Config Assistant: Support read only mode when backing store is locked

When a user needs to open a backing store in the Configuration Assistant and the backing store is in use by another user, you are presented with the option of canceling or destroying the other user's lock. If the user only needs to view the config...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Modify IKJPARS so that the parse service routine obtain storage above the line

DFSMSrmm is not able to load a large defaults table. DFSMSrmm is abending with S878 and in some cases DFSMSrmm can't be restartet and an IPL is needed. See the details in case TS016867492. We have converted a retention file with 13.300 entries to ...
14 days ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Submitted

Save Cloud Credentials, in ICSF, via Batch job instead of GDKAUTHP ISPF Panel.

we would like to be able to save credentials (GCP Service Account Json file) via a Batch job instead of manually updating them (GDKAUTHP ISPF Panel). This could be done by submitting a batch job from a pipeline service, in combination with a new K...
29 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Under review

Automated SMF Collection based on PARMLIB setting or z/OSMF Settings Plugin

SMF collection on z/OS does not establish a standard HLQ or dataset naming conventions for SMF collection and history. Basically every shop has their own process of collecting SMF which involves customization of z/OS exits to capture when the data...
2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Save the selection of the “Retain Last Selection” option after leaving the SDSF Panel

With z/OS 3.1 a new option "Retain last selection" for the SDSF confirmation of action characters was introduced. The Retain last selection option can be used to default the action character confirmation with the last used value for the duration t...
2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration