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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...
19 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

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...
28 days ago in z/OS / General 2 Under review

zopen utilities as part of standard USS

Make the zopen utilties part of BCP. This way everybody will have it 'on their system' My suggestion is to put all 'that cool stuff' in /zopen There's nothing more to it to be honest ;) You might wanna start with a POC-trial-run in the next ADCD d...
19 days ago in z/OS / BCP_General 0 Under review

RACF REST API

It would be really useful if RACF or z/OSMF provided an optional extension of sorts where you could check if profiles, users, and so on exists in RACF as well as get general information about the security setup either through a REST API and/or a P...
6 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Wildcard on JobName in ATTLS Rule Statement

Hello, I would like to have a wildcard caracter on the Jobname statement, in a another position that the last one. For example : DA0*DIST to have one rule wich will be valide for DA01DIST and DA09DIST. The wildcard caracter could be a "." or anoth...
9 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Possibilitar que ocorram HMIGRATES em paralelo no DFSMSHsm

Peço criar a possiblidade do HMIGRATE de DATASETS executar em paralelo e se possivel com o mesmo controle de quantidade similar ao MAXMIGRATION TASKS do Primary Space Management
6 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Under review

SMF/ICSF - Increase input validation for SMF record signing

Defining a TOKENNAME for either RECSIGN or ARECSIGN in the SMFPRMxx member is only validated to be exactly 32-characters long. However, one can activate the member with SET SMF=00 without throwing an error (even there is no associated private/publ...
6 days ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Under review

RACF should prioritize checking certificates with longer validity periods in the keyrings.

Opening a new idea (RFE) since IBM changed the status of ZOS-I-4249 to Not under consideration Why is it useful: Let's consider an example: CustomerX provides a new subCA to Visa for installation as a trusted entity because one of their subCAs, sa...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 13 Under review

today there are IRA206I messages that come out showing the top users of storage when you have an Aux storage shortage. But would like to know who is consuming storage Before we run out.

Ideally, we would like to know the top users consuming storage if we hit the 50% limit. (instead of waiting until we hit the critical limits) so when this message is issued, it would be nice to have the IRA206I message issued. IRA205I 50% AUXILIAR...
2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 0 Under review

Automate HSM RECYCLE and EXPIREBV commands by ARCCMDxx

For maintenance purposes, it would be very functional to have the possibility of scheduling an automatic window in ARCCMDxx to execute RECYCLE / EXPIREBV commands on specific days and times. This would remove the need to run batch jobs to execute ...
16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Under review

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