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IPLTYPE, set via IPLTYPE script statement, is not propagated to the KG-Sys

When setting the IPLTYPE/-MODE on the KG-Sys this is also promoted to the (LCP) R-Sys. The other way around this is not the case. So setting the IPLTYPE on the R-Sys is NOT propagated to the KG-Sys. In normal situations this is not a real issue. B...
8 months ago in GDPS 8 Future consideration

Store the active IPLType/-mode at time of LCP capture

For the IPL of our production systems we have 2 IPL-sets, the A- and B-set. Every xx weeks we apply maintenance on the inactive set and then IPL from that set. When performing an IPL of the CVE, of one of the LCP captures, we need to know what was...
8 months ago in GDPS 9 Future consideration

Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Add parameters SYSTEMS to VPCEQURY on the G-Sys (GDPS GM)

We are in the middle of exploiting LCP. Every evening we perform an automatic IPL of the CVE (Cybervault Verification Environment) from the flashcopy devices to see if the data is readable and there are no issues. Before we start we want to check ...
8 months ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

Dual control function for Policy mgmt

In GDPS you can make changes to your policies in option 1 Dasd Remote Copy > 2 Policy Mgmt. With the new GDPSADMIN.DASDCTL profiles the protection possibilities have increased, but having this changed under dual control would be a good improvem...
13 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Dual control function for DASD Config

Within the DS8K there is protection in place that a (malicious) person is not able to delete/alter devices that are part of safeguarded copies. We have a cybervault LCP setup to ensure we have immutable backups of our systems, and activated Dual C...
13 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

z/OS Connect - EntireX - Natural integration

It is requested to enhance the z/OS Connect product to provide API-REST interfaces to Natural modules and to allow API-REST interfaces to be invoked from Natural modules.Currently, the product is designed to provide API-REST interfaces to COBOL pr...
13 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Under review

Python module for BCPii

We are close to ending 2024, and writing HTTP requests in ASM, C/C++, REXX is a massive crutch.One can imagine how something that is meant to be a last resort (client web enablement toolkit) has become the norm, out of sheer resistance to introduc...
27 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Submitted

CATTool should Provide Date of Master Key Changes

As part of the Crypto Card or KDS Db2 tables, The CATTool should provide the date that the MKVP value was first stored in the KDS or the date that the MVKP value was changed in the KDS as a result of reencipher. This support was recently provided ...
4 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / Other 0 Under review

Be able to use ZIIP feature with Log Data Manager.

IZPCA Log Data Manager feature is an ISPF/TSO application which needs to be coded in a special way in order to allow the caller environment to use Ziip processors. To avoid this inconvenience BATCH environment calling DRLPLC should be used instead...
12 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration