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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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Initialize the auto reply facility earlier in IPL

When performing a recovery, a site may choose to leverage the Auto Reply (AUTOR) facility to handle replies upon the loading of LPARS to limit/eliminate operator intervention. The AUTOR facility is particularly useful since it can be used to reply...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Under review

Move the start of the AUTOR functionality earlier in the IPL process?

Can we move the start of the AUTOR functionality earlier in the IPL process? Before joining the sysplex and/or page data sets? This would be helpful to the IBM Z Cyber Vault platform. The IBM Z Cyber Vault footprint is getting more interest, and h...
2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Under review