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z/VM

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z/VM and related subsystems to report correct time

ll human-readable (i.e. non-TOD format) date and time values generated by CP, CMS, GCS, REXX, DVF, TCP/IP, RACF, RSCS, and Performance Toolkit components of z/VM must be correct, where "correct" is defined by "UTC plus the time zone offset when th...
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

gskkyman command deficiency

gskkyman command line does not allow for importing CA certificates without a key/password. In other words: gskkyman -i -k "database.kdb" -l "Some CA name" -p "ca.pem" will require a certificate file that has an accompanying key file. When you atte...
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Enhance z/VM RACF to have a RACF Remote Sharing Facility Feature

Please enhance z/VM RACF to have a Remote Sharing Facility like RACF for z/OS and integrate with the z/OS RACF Remote Sharing Facility network.
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Enhance z/VM RACF so that digital certificates can be stored in RACF

Please enhance z/VM so that digital certificates can be stored in the RACF database.
about 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Configure RACF on z/VM so it has a RACF command exit

Please enhance RACF on z/VM so it has the equivalent of the IRREVX01 exit point.
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

collect more data for FTP/TN3270 sessions in MONWRITE

We are enabling all FTP and TN3270 in our environment to comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards. With FTP we cannot make it default for the entire environment at this time so we must still allow unsecure FTP to occur. PCI compliance “re...
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

VM Snapshot and API access

To make zVM and WAVE more competitive with the virtual server and cloud industry, you should provide more tools and access to zVM. We have the WAVE product but do not find it worth the money without a large toolset. Being able to snapshot Linux vi...
about 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Allow SMTP server to use port other than 25

The SMTP server can only use port 25 for outgoing connections.This needs to be changed as not all implementation use port 25.You can change the incoming port , but the outgoing port is hardcoded to be at port 25.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

RVARY password reply handling should be changed

When issuing RVARYPW (reply after having issued rvary command) it is displayed in clear text in operator's console log. This is a big difference to z/OS reply handling and should be changed in z/VM. The input to this reply should be hidden to avoi...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Create an easy interface to send commands from MVS RACF to z/VM RACF

I would like a handy interface to help keep z/VM RACF databases in sync with my z/OS RACF databases. My initial thought was why not just have z/VM RACF support RRSF? A conversation with Bruce Wells helped me understand why that would be easier sai...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 2 Functionality already exists

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