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    Add new keyword to retry DBD allocation during TAKEOVER phase to prevent abend when database is in use

    We are requesting a new option in ORF to delay dataset allocation retries by a configurable X-minute interval, with up to Y retry attempts. This would align with Db2’s behavior of reattempting writer drains during reorganization, helping to avoid ...
    6 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Future consideration

    Allow UKO to generate secure HMAC keys

    UKO Customers who would like to migrate from legacy to enhanced passtickets would benefit from using UKO to generate HMAC keys for passticket usage
    9 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Under review

    Idea is to have the current value and the threshold value in the OC8900, OC8902 or OC8903 messages when they are triggering the events.

    It will be useful to know the actual value at the time of the issue which will help everyone to understand the situation at that point of time when we have an email notification email/alert. we are expecting the values in the N/A > N/A. This wi...
    7 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Messages 1 Not under consideration

    Change the timing of the first ASMTDLI call to shorten database unavailability during takeover phase

    We are looking for a way to shorten the database unavailability during the Online Reorg takeover phase. At present, in some cases the database is unavailable for up to 3 minutes. ORF team investigated with IMS team, From the results of the investi...
    about 1 year ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    Bulk/batch operations from the user interface

    I wih that the UKO user interface had some way to import a set of keys, instead the key by key option that is possible at the moment
    about 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Feature to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER, EXPORTEr

    We don´t have the option to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER and EXPORTER in the UKO. It would be interestig to have this feature
    11 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

    UKO Certificate Management

    As a Key Manager I can view and manage certificates within UKO Key Management Use Cases: Generating private/public key pairs Generating CSRs Importing certificates from a CA Distributing keys and certificates (including the chain to a root) to HPC...
    almost 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    UKO-Agent should have his own Messages in zOS SYSLOG

    We have the need to control and automate messages from the UKO agent. So if something changes in a Key Dataset (e.g. CKDS) with UKO, we need to be able to react from zOS. Actually, the only way to be aware of changes there is to analyse SMF data. ...
    about 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 1 Under review

    UKO: /ukebase/server.xml improvments

    It would be easier to have the same timestamp in each log (joblog, syslog, messages.log, trace.log). Currently our zOS logs are in local time and the GUI logs are in UTC. Please add a variable to server.xml in /ukobase to set a timezone Another go...
    over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Under review

    Dual Control for key management actions (n/Auth)

    A method for dual control is needed in EKMF Web, such that any action (request), for which dual control is required, requires two (or more) users to confirm the request before EKMF Web performs the action. These actions can be (but not limited to)...
    almost 3 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

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