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Reduce the disconnect time for BCPII.

I'm not sure whether this idea is in the right workspace. I could also imagine it in the GDPS or CEC workspace. When a switch from the primary SE to the alternate is necessary today (e.g. for an MCL update or reboots), this lasts about 20 minutes....
about 2 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

"Ignore message ID characters" gets disabled if an AT OVERRIDE is used

It seems unnecessarily restrictive to not allow AT OVERRIDEs when "Ignore message ID characters" is used. This restriction prevents any sort of robust and specific automation definitions from being created without the use of rexx, which seems very...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

Increase the number of available Application Symbols (SUBSSYMBOLn/SUBPSYMBOLn), similar to System Automation Symbols (AOCCLONEx)

Both simple and complex environments can be managed more easily through symbol substitution. With additional Application Symbols, a more tailored approach to automation management can be achieved, reducing administration efforts through reusable d...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

zSecure - add owner to default alert 1401

The current zSecure Alert 1401 reporting unix access violations provides great information on what (access) happened where (path). However, it would be great if the owner user:group can be added to the default alert.
over 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 2

IP filter rule enhancement to include IKED (IPsec Policy)

Alert 1615 only covers changes to the IP rules defined in the TCPIP Profile statement IPSEC->IPSECR<-ENDIPSEC. As we are supposed to use Policy Agent to configure IPsec rules, this alert is then kind of 'useless' as this default IPSECR state...
almost 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 0 Future consideration

Send alerts that were produced from events while zAlert was not active

It would be very helpful if for any reason zAlert is down for a period of time, any alert that would have been generated otherwise, to be able to be sent to a defined destination. This way, no alert recording will be lost. The batch job that is us...
about 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 5 Not under consideration

zSecure - Alert 1115 Too many violations - filter enhancement

Currently Alert 1115 does only allow customization for a) the amount of violations and a.1) specific users being revoked exceeding the limit via option 'Customize alert selection list'. I would suggest there second option to allow excludes for a w...
almost 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 1 Future consideration

new zSecure Alert for SENSITIVITY=Site-Res-U (and also Site-Res-R for Read)

Member SENSRSRC shows 3 example for sensitive resources. Site-Dsn-R is covered by Alert 1212 (Access>=READ on site sensitive data set) Site-Dsn-U is covered by Alert 1213 (Access>=UPDATE on site sensitive data set) Site-Res-U is not yet cove...
8 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 0 Future consideration

Provide access to "PolicyDB Name" in Build Post-Processing EXIT INGEX02, similar to Build Pre-Processing EXIT INGEX10.

Q. Why is it useful?A. Having access to the PDB name in the exit would allow additional actions to take place, based on BUILD return code, such as automatically creating a "point in time" backup of the Policy that just created the Automation Contr...
5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Suppression of SDF Alerts to IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF Without Disabling SA Policy

Currently, SDF alerts generated by IBM System Automation (SA) are automatically sent to the IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF destination. However, there is no native mechanism to suppress or redirect these alerts on a granular basis without disabling the entire SD...
5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration