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    Need SA to re-establish hardware connections without recycles

    There are numerous occurrences where the BCPII and Hardware connections to the Z environment have failed, either due to an operator not suspending the connection or due to a Hardware failure. When this occurs there is no current ability to redrive...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

    Threshold changes should be possible to dynamically revert back

    Our team uses SA 4.1 and NetView 6.2.1 for mange applications. Panel AOFKAASR allows to dynamically add, change threshold but it doesn't allow to revert changes back to previous state. This function should be added to avoid recycle NetView, ACF CO...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    zSecure - RVARYPW algorithm report

    With the newly introduced RACF APAR OA65905 supports for the RVARYPW the KDFAES algorithm. However, it is not visible in zSecure SETROPTS panel which algorithm is in use. It only reports if a password is used or not whereas the 'regular' password ...
    over 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 3 Functionality already exists

    Need to establish a Permit Creation Date

    We are attempting to cleanup the RACF DB of permissions that are inactive. Leaving permissions in place that are not in use can be a security risk. Access Monitor via option AM.8.2 appears to cleanup inactive / unused permissions however there is ...
    over 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

    Reporting on the CSDATA Segment

    We use the CSDATA segment heavily on User IDs, so that data about the user is stored on the User ID. We don't have to look up information in some other zOS dataset or some off host repository. But we need to be able to effectively report on that d...
    over 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Planned for future release

    Show when INGVARS are deleted from resources

    When you add a new INGVAR to a resource, it will display inside the History section of the resource exactly what you have set and what that INGVAR has been set to. For example; History : 2020-01-21 09:31:05 Variable attribute/user/TESTVAR manipula...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Enable user recreate process in restricted mode

    Currently it's not possible to use the functionality "Recreate User" (RA.4.6) in restricted mode. The restricted mode is required when RACF distributed administration is used, that is, each administrator is restricted to its scope.
    4 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 1 Under review

    Tertiary SDF Focal Point option

    Addition of Tertiary SDF focal point option under customization dialog NTW > SDF FOCAL POINT as well as under run time environment with new cglobal for example AOFTFP, as well as update of all impacted rexxes to support 3rd focal point, with or...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Not under consideration

    Feature to compare updated that will be refreshed

    Hello Team, During a recent review conducted by the Automation Support team, an unintended action occurred while accessing the Automation Policy Database. The technician mistakenly used the EDIT mode instead of BROWSE, which led to the inadvertent...
    4 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    The zSecure RA.U COPY function does not copy the MFA fields

    When using the RA.U option in zSecure you have 2 functions that could recreate a User ID. "R" for Rebuild/Recreate and "C" for Copy. Originally neither function rebuilt/copied the MFA fields, but with TS016298368 a fix was produced to have the reb...
    over 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 1 Not under consideration

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