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SMS attributes to govern how CSM should manage replicated data and SGC.

SMS managed data is organized by attributes defined in storage class, data class etc. However, there is no management of data at a global mirror target. SMS and CSM should coordinate such that replicated storage pools are backed up by safe guarded...
1 day ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Submitted

Enhancement on SDSF SMSV Panel

It is good to add 2 more columns showing the VTOC used percentage and Fragmentation Index on the panel SMSV.
1 day ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Submitted

Provide a negative exclude command for EDIT and VIEW

Provide e an NEXCLUDE command similar to FIND and EXCLUDE that excludes all lines in the specified range that do not match the specified picture, regex or string in the specied columns.
7 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Deliver security / integrity / vulnerability notification information in a consistent field delineated format

Security / integrity and vulnerability notifications may be difficult to obtain, assess, correlate and act upon. Format and delivery mechanisms are obtuse, inconsistent at an industry level or may be missing altogether. Leaving each customer expos...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / General 1 Under review

Add sudo command into the base install USS security

Integrating sudo like Linux has would improve security by being able to use superuser privileges on a case-by-case basis rather than having all of your commands be superuser authorized. We'd also be able to set restrictions and timeouts in the sud...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Ported Tools 0 Under review

Add COBOL support for EzNoSQL

COBOL is probably the most common application language running on z/OS and not having native support for EzNoSQL feels like a missed opportunity in the ongoing modernization effort. Enterprise COBOL for z/OS already has support for reading regular...
6 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 0 Submitted

Provide options to cancel active user sessions

It would be beneficial to have options to cancel active user sessions in order to comply with an audit requirement. This would involve providing the following options: Enhancing the Usage Satatistics plugin by selecting a box beside a User ID, the...
29 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Under review

z/OS resolver should comply with the requirement in RFC 1034 to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names

RFC 1034 requires to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names. Based on a recent incident that we experienced, it seems that the z/OS resolver does not do this. We are requesting the z/OS resolver to comply wit...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Issue a joblog error/warning message when the Java level is below the zOSMF requirement

The documentation for each zOSMF version notes the Java level prerequisite requirement for latest version of zOSMF. Often customers have trouble bringing up the server due to running an out of date version of Java but there is no clear message tha...
7 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Provide direct dialog manager support for creating new logical screens.

It would make it easier to create customized environments.
7 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted