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    Enable create for a sequential extended dataset to take advantage of pervasive encryption

    It was recently found that even though we were passing a DATACLAS that specified EXTENDED attributes, ZOAU appears to be overriding it and it was still landing as a BASIC or LARGE dataset type. We had tried multiple combinations and research befor...
    about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Submitted

    Enhance jsub to be event driven

    It would be great if we could enhance jsub to be notified by an even when the submission has finished, rather than by polling the JES log. In our testing, especially for short running jobs, which make up the majority of our test suite, we have fou...
    9 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

    zSecure - Events Report enhancement for IP (in and out filters)

    The current EV.I report is very helpful to create quickly a good report. It would be extremely beneficial if the filtering of the IP and Port can be better filtered with either local or remote or both.Currently the provided IP address or Port are ...
    5 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

    zSecure - Improve Command generation to delete a contained user

    Currently zSecure Panels (when deleting a Userid) offers only the option: 1. Delete userid and override containment protection (Y/N; blank=N) Hence, if the user is contained one can enter Y to let zSecure generate the delete command anyway. Howeve...
    5 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Under review

    zSecure - Add CKGRACF REASON option to all 'command' panels

    We rely and use the CKGRACF REASON field for auditing purpose for all commands executed. However, not all Panels do show the option 'QUEUE CKGRACF command (allows use of Reason)' like in Panel C2RP3XCS. The panel appears when one performs updates ...
    6 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

    ISPF statistics retention for dcp operations

    For our Ansible-based deployment solution, we use the zos_copy module from the ibm_zos_core collection (version 1.8.0). We note the absence of ISPF statistics on our PDS and this is particularly penalizing for our PARMLIBs. The objective of this p...
    over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 7 Planned for future release

    When I am special of a main group, I don't need authorization Remove/Connect for the downstream subgroup

    I'm delegated the security on a perimeter. This perimeter is delegated to a team, this team is special only on a group, the top group. But if we want that they (delegated team) remove/connect people on the downstream groups, we have to give the ri...
    26 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 1 Future consideration

    zSecure - Supported SMF fields via Carla related to PH63197

    We have installed and activated APAR PH63197 for IBM Communication Server (zERT), see: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH63197?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=PH63197 This introduces new fields and details for certificates, for example: SMF119SS_...
    7 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 3 Planned for future release

    line command to merge RACF groups

    in a role-based admin environment, sometimes roles are combined/merged. The PERMITs for these role groups have to be merged, such that the highest access level of each role is used. The COPY GROUP option (RA.4.1) and the C line command in RA.G ove...
    29 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

    Add regexp support to dgrep

    Add possibility to search with regexp patterns in dgrep, similarly like grep has. This improves usability of dgrep.
    about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

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