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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories SDSF
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 11, 2024

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SDSF - update CFS panel in column Encrypt

While the SDSF 'CFS' panel provides a great overview for all details of the structure including encryption details, it would be great if the panel can incorporate the feasibility of encryption or not by structure type.

By design, structures from type LOCK and Directory only Cache Structures cannot be encrypted, it would be nice if the value in the 'Encrypt' column can then be reported as 'N/A' instead of 'NO'.

That would simplify reporting and to see which structures are encrypted and which aren't. However, filtering in that panel for the encryption NO one gets as well the lock structures even tough those are anyway not applicable for encryption. Hence implementing this request would generate better and quicker overview of the encryption feasibility with YES, NO and 'N/A'.

Pervasive Encryption: Enabling CF Structure data encryption in zPET - IBM Z and LinuxONE Community

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 1, 2024
    Although some structure types do not support encryption, the CFRM policy identifies whether the structure is to be encrypted, but the application that connects to the structure identifies the type of structure when the structure is allocated. If the type of structure does not allow for encryption, then the encryption value defined in the policy is ignored.

    For this reason, IBM believes that showing only YES or NO is appropriate, without distinguishing between NO and N/A depending on the structure type. This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.

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