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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories SMP/E
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 8, 2019

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automated access to IBM Z Security Portal HOLDDATA needed

The current process for accessing z/OS security patch information requires browser based access to ResourceLink. We need an automated way to download the Security (Sec/Int=Y) HOLDDATA from the IBM Z Security Portal similar to as we already have for the “normal” enhanced HOLDDATA available and used today.

The best choice would be to have the security HOLDDATA automatically combined with the “normal” enhanced HOLDDATA, so that one download action contains both sources of enhanced HOLDDATA.

The solution should make it possible to retrieve the combined enhanced HOLDDATA directly from the z/OS system using provided tooling or techniques used today, such as FTP.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 28, 2025

    Would it not be easy to just tag any SECINT PTF's with HIPER? That way we can avoid the need to access Resourcelink to get the assign/holddata files manually and a RECOMMENDED will pull them all down. An APPLY SOURCEID(HIPER) can be then used to ensure we get all the hiper/secints. If a site really needs to see which fixes are SECINTs that can always access the portal, download and receive at their leisure. Tagging a SECINT as HIPER  in the general service stream will also hide that fact that it is a SECINT from general users who do not have access to the detailed info in the portal download files.

    We are in the process of building a more automated receive/applycheck/apply/deploy of outstanding HIPERS (and preferably SECINTs) and the additional drag of manual interaction to get the files downloaded from the portal slows it all down markedly.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 2, 2025

    should have done this years ago. the provided solution is ludicrous.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 15, 2024

    This is an absolute must for us, so please give it a very high priority. I raised case -

    TS016234604

    and was thinking of an RFE, but someone beat me to it.

    Thanks

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 15, 2024

    This is an absolute must for us, so please give it a very high priority. I raised case - 

    TS016234604

    and was thinking of an RFE, but someone beat me to it. 

    Thanks

15 MERGED

Support for SECINT HOLDDATA in SMP/E RECEIVE

The provided solution need manual intervention to install and verify HOLDATA for FMIDs against the latest produced SECINT.HOLDDATA file. The user downloading the SECINT data also need to be granted access to the Security Portal Site were the HOLDD...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration
2 MERGED

Incorporate Security and Integrity (SECINT) APAR and Corrective PTFs in ORDERSERVER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED)

To reduce the toil of downloading the SECINT HOLDDATA and ASSIGN files to then be manually received via SMP/E the data should be included in the SMP/E ORDERSERVER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) so that it can be ingested as soon as it is available. This wil...
3 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

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