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IBM Z Common Data Provider

Provide a plugin to KAFKA on z/OS to allow the ability to configure the PKI services and use the RACF key ring.

KAFKA on z/OS is missing a plugin similar to what WebSphere Liberty does include and provide out of the box, allowing to configure the PKI services and use the RACF key ring. The solution being requested: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topi...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Under review

Don't include 64-bit common buffer storage for HBOSMF task in a SVC dump

We have experienced sysplex wide slow down events due to dump processing having to capture large 64-bit common memory objects. To prevent dump processing causing system wide performance issues, it was recommeded by IBM to not include 64-bit common...
8 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Under review

Allow using pre-existing Kafka cluster with Common Data Provider

In sensitive / high-restrictions environments, it's not possible to deploy our own little Kafka cluster, let alone with the auto-creation of topics.It is necessary to point to the existing Kafka footprint in an env., and to use mTLS for authn/auth...
2 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Under review

Enable AT-TLS for CDP and make it use certificates in RACF

In environments with tighter security controls, storing .p12 files 'willy nilly' is not allowed.Like Omegamon Data Provider, please make CDP support working with certificates associated with the CDP STC owner's keyring in RACF, and let AT-TLS hand...
2 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Under review

Additional fields required by UKO Crypto Connect CAT

We're working on API for IBM Z Crypto Discovery & Inventory product which provides SMF records streaming and further processing. We noticed during implementation that there are fields missing in SMF 82 subtypes 31/40/41/42/44/45/46. These miss...
7 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider

Enable zCDP to use SMF042-15 and 16 17 18 19 subtypes to see VSAM RLS statistics

Currently, there is no way with zCDP to print uesful statistics about BMF in VSAM RLS.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Future consideration

SMF records type 70 for Crypto should show show the nickname CEX8C instead of binary value x'13'

R7023CT OFFSET 1 LENGTH 1 BINARY, -- Binary Crypto processor type -- X'03' = PCICC PQ78777 -- X'05' = PCIXCC (z990 only) PQ78777 -- X'07' = CEX2C à10A -- X'09' = CEX3C à10A -- X'10' = CEX4C à16A -- X'11' = CEX5C à21a -- X'12' = CEX6C à23A Manipula...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Not under consideration

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Planned for future release

add RMF PCIE panel for Streaming in CDP (Common data provider)

after enabling zHyperlink, it would be usefal that Common data Provider (CDP) could stream PCIE statistics , to use data in Splunk
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Future consideration

CDP and TWS logs

With TWS , there is an option to wite LOGS and messages in a zFS file ( parm CDP(YES) ). Then the zFS file can be streamed online using CDP (Common Data Provider). However the file is not properly formatted as KV (key=value) for Splunk. Could you ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider