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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 22, 2020

Enhance diagnosis by providing dump format of routine storage address when interpreting BPNPCNUM when running zACS

Enhance the output of the two BPNGPCN and BPNGSVCN programs that are run for zACS - Authorized Code Scanner: provide a short dump of the storage around the storage address identified for the PC and/or SVC entry. Perhaps something like plus/minus 128 or 256 bytes around that storage area, maybe allowing the size of this storage dump to be a configurable zACS parameter.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Nov 16, 2023
    .This function was delivered via APAR OA62556 on z/OS v2.5 in November 2022 and is included in z/OS 3.1 GA of Sept 2023
  • Guest
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    Oct 22, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - Authorized Code Scanner
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - ISV (Independent Software Vendor)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - ISV (Independent Software Vendor)