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SDSF - LOG - FILTER

When invoking SDSF LOG… have SDSF check to see if a filter is defined, if one is defined… display the FILTER panel (ISFAFIL) prior to display the OPERLOG or SYSLOG. This will inform and allow the user to change the defined filters in advance, prio...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration

Add CPU time to LDAP SMF 83 record

For better monitoring of LDAP performance issues, include CPU time instead of just elapsed time in SMF type 83 records.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Not under consideration

Removing IBM Supplied Security Rules

In an effort to reduce clutter on ZOSMF, on our Security Levels tab in Network configuration Assistant, we would like to request to remove all “IBM Supplied” Security rules. The rules are never used and we find that its presence leaves room for er...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 0 Future consideration

HSM improvement related to the ARCMDEXT EXIT and new parameter request

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.The Bank environment has a heavy batch workload that relies on the HSM task. The batch processing has a lot of GDG datasets.The Itau is using the EXIT ARCMDEXT to inform the HSM during the mi...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

IPSEC Decryption Option when taking a Ctrace

We need an option when taking a IBM packet trace then processing a trace in IPCS to be able to display the TCP headers when using the IPSEC protocol. Please see a case that we opened up on July 3rd of 2018, Service Request # 37388 122 000.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF - ISPF app, option to choose background color and/or a z/OSMF 3270 Terminal like Zowe Desktop has.

z/OSMF - For the ISPF app, having the option to choose a background color would be great. Specifically to doctor the ISPF app to resemble a 3270 emulator default color scheme. The white background the apps in z/OSMF tends to strain eyes after awhi...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

PFA_PRIVATE_STORAGE_EXHAUSTION monitor *MASTER* address space

Check PFA_PRIVATE_STORAGE_EXHAUSTION should monitor *MASTER* storage exhaustion.Usually when the master address space storage exhausts an IPL is needed to recover. This would not be necessary if PFA had alerted on the gradual storage inflation cau...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 1 Planned for future release

zCX restart capability

Provide the ability to restart zCX. E-mails have been sent to the zCX team.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

RMF details about ECSA consuption by %MVS and VTAM address space

%MVS and VTAM represent one of the biggest consumers of ECSA memory, and as we often have shortage alerts, it would be interesting to know which processes are consuming more ECSA. With more details we could prevent system interruptions and transac...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 4 Not under consideration

Make the use of base64-password encoding in z/OSMF workflow REST-API step type optional (or remove it)

Currently, in the REST-API step type of a z/OSMF workflow, you can only provide a password for authentification to a REST-API when the password is base64-encoded. This is a bit bulky, for example when using this step with variables for substitutio...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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