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File Manager for z/OS

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Provide security for File Manager/CICS by CICS Subsystem

Provide CICS subsystem security for File Manager/CICS by allowing a statement similar to the one below to allow update access by CICS region. Currently, all CICS regions, or none can be protected.RDEFINE FACILITY FILEM.CICS.UPDATE.ssid UACC(READ o...
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

file manager clone should support non sms systems

file manager clone should support cloning files to non sms systems.
over 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add support for using an SSL certificate managed by the RACDCERT utility of RACF to PDTCC server

Add support for using an SSL certificate managed by the RACDCERT utility of RACF to PDTCC server (SSL_CERT= parameter) instead of using the GSK Toolkit.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Enhacement to update functions security of FMDB2

We want to prevent users from changing editor options for arbitrary SQLs on panel FMN2PSO2. We are looking for system option to control the settings of editor option - i.e. Sys Admin decides whether to set it to browse or allows users to change.
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Editor block mode in File Manager

Editor in File Manager in RDz does not support Block Mode operations. The PL/I-editor do support block mode. A general request for an editor comprising ability to block mode operations
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

FMDB2 XML datatype columns not supported

FMDB2 XML datatype columns not supported (at least there is a message that indicates that).I did not find any other references to XML in the FM DB2 manual. Is there any plan to support this data type? When might that be planned for? FMNDB837 XML c...
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Manage MQ access in File Manager

Enhance File Manager to support internal security checking of XFACILIT class profiles in the form: FILEM.sysplex_name.mq_manager.resource_name Where sysplex_name - The z/OS sysplex name. mq_manager - The MQ manager name. resource - The MQ queue na...
about 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add Option to suppress IPV0030I and IPV0031I Messages

Currently the ADFzCC-Server issues an IPV0030I and an IPV0031I-mesage for every request that is issued from the Fault Analyzer RDz-Client. These are written to the Unix System log and through this are routed to our system console. According to the...
over 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

Filemgr not working with DFSMS SYS% facility

We are currently running z/OS 2.2 with FM Release 13.01. We use the DFSMS SYS% facility in order to clone our systems. SYS% allows you to reference the same data set one a different volume.You can read more about it in the DFSMS Managing Catalogs ...
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

file manager - mqseries editor - need to be able to open remote queues for output only

file manager - mqseries editor - need to be able to open remote queues for output onlyIn File Manager 13.1, option 9.3, if an alias mqseries queue that is associated with a remote queue is selected, file manager issues a RC=2045, because the queue...
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered