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REFORMAT REFVTOC should NOT delete VTOC-INDEX prior to a reply 'U' to message ICK508A

Regarding message ICK508A, we understand that a VTOC-INDEX would be built when the reply is ‘U'. However, it is not appropriate to delete the existing VTOC-INDEX before a user answers the message ICK508A. We think that ICKDSF REFORMAT REFVTOC job ...
1 day ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF 0 Submitted

Enhancements for IBM Z HMC Messages & Audit Log Management via Remote Syslog Server

HSBC is looking to use the remote SYSLOG capability on HMC to improve the observability on the healthiness of the automated processes running within the HMC and the overall healthiness of the processor hardware. In the process of setting up the ne...

Enhance SMS message IGD17279I to better describe file allocation error - the diagnostic code in the message (041A041D) is not useful.

Hello, we recently had an incident with non-VSAM allocation space problems on EAV volumes due to the Dataclass EATTR defaulting to 'blank'. We came across the following message and required IBM support to provide an explanation: IGD17279I 411 VOLU...
2 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 0 Submitted

RMF Spreadsheet Reporter: remove dependency on RepIntStr for RepTrdStr to obtain updated CF data

With the current design of the 'RepTrdStr' tab, users have no idea on why CF data is missing or CF structures not appear in the available list if they do not first use the 'RepIntStr' to access the data. It will be helpful to make this implicit fo...
2 days ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Submitted

Give pyRACF similar resources and priority to ZOAU

With Python gaining popularity on z/OS and a new generation of z/OS System Administrators coming onto the platform with prior Python experience, it is important that crucial subsystems like RACF delivers data in JSON format and gives access to qua...
22 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

z/OS resolver should comply with the requirement in RFC 1034 to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names

RFC 1034 requires to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names. Based on a recent incident that we experienced, it seems that the z/OS resolver does not do this. We are requesting the z/OS resolver to comply wit...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

add a TN3270 configuration option to disable the check for Server name & Certificate name to match

Configurable Option to disable Verify Certificate We have encountered a situation with our TKEs at RBC. We had LPAR site certificates included in the TN3270 ring before and removed thus only TN3270 user certificate is in the keyring. More specific...
17 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 0 Submitted

Confirmation of Crypto When Resetting UDX Back to Factory Default

As a UDX user, we have been testing going back to the factory default (ie no UDX). Given this action resets the Master Keys it would be useful to have the Crypto number being reset in the confirmation screen. So you can go through: Select a Proces...

Enable DSFS /txt support for datasets in ISPF PACK format

IBM ISPF users have been using the PACK option of ISPF Edit since it was introduced in 1983 to conserve disk space, and in some cases provide a minimal encryption of their data. With the introduction of DSFS with z/OS 2.5 and 3.1 shell users can n...
9 days ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

Built-in z/OS Unix package manager

z/OS Unix is slowly becoming more widely used and relevant with technologies like Python, GO, Zowe Explorer, Zowe Desktop and so on. Installs via pax are becoming more common and a new generation of systems programmers are coming in that need to i...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / General 2 Under review