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RACF Extract API for JWTs (enhancement for ZOS-I-4417)

This is an additon for ZOS-I-4417, but it would also be usefull if it could be provided for the existing JWT validation... With RACF be able to validate JWTs, there should be a service avalable to extract the information out of the JWT after it go...
29 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Ability to configure a log off on idle user (automatic logoff after timeout) on the HMS/SE

Our customer was asking for this option - is it available - how can it be activated/ deactivated (case TS018530378) It appears it is not possible to configure and idle user to be logged off from the HMC/SE - for me it makes perfect sense to have t...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Under review

Enable flashcopy Command for ESE Volumes

With the new DS8A00 and FCM4 it is necessary to define all Volumes as type ESE (Extended Space Efficent). But we found that the normal flshcopy command under z/VM doesn't either work with ESE-Volumes. You must establish, copy and withdrawn the Fla...
about 1 month ago in z/VM 2 Under review

Enable Ansible integration with z/VM

Ansible Automation is an extremely popular tool that is available on many platforms (including zOS) except for zVM. While providing native SSH access to zVM may be unrealistic I believe that leveraging a Linux VM with SMCLI to communicate to SMAPI...
about 1 month ago in z/VM 2 Under review

RACF validation of external generated JWTs with fully OIDC support

Currently, RACF can only validate JWTs based on the IDTDATA definitions within RACF itself. In times of multi-platform solutions and higher security demands this is no longer adequate. Modern architectures consinsts of at least front ends and mayb...
2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

z/OS Health Checker HZSPRINT utility enhancemnet

z/OS Health Check utility HZSPRINT provides the user with good information about the checks in place, however it doesn't show the state of it as it could be verified in SDSF for example. Using the the F HZSPROC,DISPLAY,CHECKS,DETAILS it provides t...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Under review

DFSMS/VM interaction with DRFAMILY on TS7700

Please consider adding the ability to interact with DRFAMILY on TS7700 from a zVM LPAR (DFSMS/VM).
about 1 month ago in z/VM 0 Under review

Increase SMT Simultaneous multithreading greater than 2

Since several month, we have lot of Rest Api calling DB2 from DDF gateway and DB2 API rest use is increasing. These Api Rest are very short and execute on ZIIP. Many years ago, when we activate SMT to 2, we noticed a real benefits for DB2 running ...
30 days ago in z/OS / General 0 Under review

LDAP Server Definitions - Allow testing and validation

With the current option is only possible to define the Primary and Backup hosts with a port and separate Bind DN. It would be great to offer the function to test the connection (with a ping for non-SSL and a handshake for SSL connections) and vali...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Under review

Introduce validation to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field in VRS

Although DFSMSrmm does not check quoted data set names for valid characters (per TSO RMM ADDVRS command doc), it would be beneficial to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field of a VRS because the accidental creation of a VRS with certain...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Under review