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IBM Z Software Asset Management

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    Provide option to apply GKB updates outside of SMP/E if that is the customer preference

    Previously, monthly GKB updates were provided by a file which could be uploaded to reflect updated/changed products. However this was recently changed to enforce the use of SMP/E to apply GKB updates. This does not work in our shop for the followi...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Include RSU, RSL & CARS level in current state inventory reporting.

    With the advent of Continuous Delivery, software “version” levels are becoming less relevant as a gauge of product level currency, as is the concept of “N” or “N-1”. Vendors are choosing to make SPE (Small Programming Enhancements) available on a ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Delivered

    The HSIJANLO needs to be able to use AT-TLS

    We need a way to remove the weak handshake ciphers from the server side.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 4 Delivered

    PDELETE: for managing physical data provide a retention period instead of a date from when to delete.

    The issue was discussed at the last IZSAM workshop in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and I was asked to create an idea for it: In IZSAM Physical Delete function there should be something like PDEL=nn where nn stands for "keep physical data for nn+current...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Define Product Suite Exclusions should be at the SYSPLEX level, not Repository level

    Currently, when a suite/bundle is enabled/excluded, it impacts every system that is stored in that repository. So if a Repository holds the data for a zCloud or shared infrastructure, this will impact every system held there. We have multiple zClo...
    11 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Add the support for UNIX Product Suites

    It's useful because the Customer have some software with USS component and the Product don't perform correctly all the components
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Support Team (Group) field.

    This request is to include a field for Product Support Group, that can be updated by the client (end user) via the Web User Interface, with the data retained in the client’s database repository. This field is updateable by clients and can be used ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Add field to TLOGIQ and TLOGUI with the APAR level of the TADz/IZSAM scan agent used to create scan file

    Every month we receive many thousands of IZSAM scan files from client systems around the world. Often we receive queries as to why their QMF has not been correctly identified, or other issues that have already been resolved by the developers. In m...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Delivered

    Add field to TLOGIQ and TLOGUI with the Version of TADz/IZSAM used to create scan file

    We receive each month tens of thousands of TADz scan files from nearly four thousand z/OS sytems belonging to many hundreds of distinct client accounts. We have no way of knowing which scan files have been generated by which version of TADz, and t...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

    Change to generated JCL out of PGM=HSICCSI

    The issue was discussed at the last IZSAM workshop in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and I was asked to create an idea for it: Currently the CSI report generates IQ-JCL which is pretty much hard coded and therefore not so useful for us. Instead provide t...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

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