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Netview ALLOCATE does not permit Concatenations

The Netview allocate command only permits the ability to allocate one dataset to a file name.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

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

Key lifecycle management for old key versions

This idea is related to EKM-I-70 After a key is rotated, there should be options to manage the lifecycle of the old keys. One option could be to set the old version of the key to inactive, so it can not be used for new encryption anymore
12 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Reset Threshold and interval setting in Netview Automaion table

The THRESHOLD and Interval conditions in the Netview automation table are very useful functions for throttling and isolating specific occurrences that should be automated on. Would like a means of resetting these values when certain conditions are...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

Ability to specify CZ.PRINT.PREFIX data on the Print command

Currently the format of the Print function is governed by the CNMSTYLE entry of CZ.PRINT.PREFIX which means if you want to alter the format of the output you would need to alter this entry then do a restyle and perform your print. Then go back in ...
6 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

GUI usability improvements for UKO

We need to provide the UKO authorisation roles to a group of users with little knowledge of key management. They need a tool that is easy and intuitive to use. So the GUI needs to be clearer. I think it would be very useful if users of the UKO GUI...
over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Introduce Python into NetView Scripting

REXX is very easy; we all know how to code it and it is easy to learn for the newbies. Still, all the youngsters seem to know coding with Python. Python provides a readily available toolbox, which will help the new joiners to be productive quickly...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Expand delimited length from 255 to 1024

This would help eliminate "DWO378E DELIMITED STRING IS TOO LONG, GREATER THAN 255 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH" when working with PIPEs, and perhaps other areas as well.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Support RMTCMD IP for the Blog, CANZLOG and labelled commands

We are trying to run our Netview RMTCMD setup with SNA being turned off and using only RMTCMD IP mode. The BLOG command is coded to use only RMTCMD SNA using the keyword LU= and not the DOMAIN= and IP= keyword that can allow the RMTCMD over IP. Th...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration