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REDO

Add support for ISPF EDIT command REDO. Sometimes we go too far using UNDO. It would be nice to have a REDO option.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Provide Dynamic Allocation Capability for PDSE Member Generations

Provide a Dynamic Allocation (SVC 99) capability to access a member generation.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Future consideration

To allow configured the parameter "revoked after unsuccessful password attempts" in the RACF user profile. Actually it is only possible as a generic rule for all the users through the SETROPTS PASSWORD(REVOKE(d)) command

To avoid a DoS (Deny of Service) due a service user revoked because a wrong use of the password causing impact in the applications & services using it.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Try other connection paths when one fails

Currently when a connection path fails, if it is best path it will be attempted to be used the next time a session is attempted to the same end point. That is unless you set UNRCHTIM. UNRCHTIM is the amount of time it is deemed unreachable. There ...
12 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Enable Multi-VSwitch Link Aggregation for z12

Please provide MCL updates to allow z12 (EC and BC) to exploit Multi-VSwitch Link Aggregation on OSA4s and OSA5s (same hardware as z13
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Not under consideration

zERT - Match the least common denominator of a rule

With the current setup of Reusable Rules that combines a combination of Traffic Descriptor Data Endpoints TLS or SSH version Protection Characteristics It is required that all of the specifics match to trigger the required action. This beha...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

add z/NFS NFS version 4.1 support to properly replace z/SMB version 1

Currently we use z/SMB to mount z/OS file systems on our microsoft windows workstations.Because of a security hole in SMB V1 our security team wants to turn off the SMB V1 support on the workstations.Unfortunately zSMB is stabilized and will never...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

Saving job output from Deployment Jobs in zOSMF Software Management

Currently, the zOSMF Deployment Jobs task has no capability to actually save the various job output(s) to a dataset.Can use the SDSF XDC command to capture the job output(s), which is a very manual process, but was wondering if it can all be drive...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

Enhance ISITMGD to provide number of gens for PDSE V2 with member generations

The ISITMGD (IS IT ManaGeD) macro provides an indicator for PDSE V1 or V2, and an indicator if the PDSE V2 supports member generations, but does not provide the number of member generations. This interface should be enhanced to provide the number ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 1 Planned for future release

zERT SMF import from tape dataset

Currently, zERT can import SMF119 record only from DASD.All our SMF dumps are migrated to tape dataset after a couple of days later.We have to run JOB to copy tape SMF data to DASD then import into zERT.It will be helpful if we can import tape SMF...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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