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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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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
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

It should be possible to move keys from one vault to another

Once a key is created, it stays in the vault it was created in. But there might be reasons for having to transfer the key from one vault to another, like: moving key from test vault to production vault changed responsibilities for the key, if vaul...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

There should be a way to synchronize UKO and ICSF key metadata

This is an additional idea to EKM-I-73 There should also be an option to synchronize key metadata between UKO and ICSF. For example, if the expiry date in ICSF is changed, this should be reflected in UKO to be notified (showing key out of sync) to...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

There should be an option to chose propagation of key expiry date to ICSF

Currently, in UKO, the expiry date for the key is always propagated to ICSF - which could lead to unwanted effects once the key is expired and data might not be accessible anymore. There is no option to create non-expiring keys. The propagation to...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add more filters to Audit log for better insights

Currently, the audit log only allows to filter for a given date range a specific user ID a specific subject: key or key template uuid key label key template number It would be useful to also filter for Action and Subject Type, for example to show ...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow z/OS keys to be rotated more frequently

Currently, you can only rotate a z/OS key (KMG keystore) every hour. This should be configurable
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

After rotation, it should be possible to restore older versions of the key

After key rotation on z/OS, both versions, the old and the new one, are active. The old key can't be modified anymore. If the old key gets deleted by accident, it is currently not possible to restore it because the key sync operation is not availa...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

GDPS ability to have multiple flash copies in MGM 3-site

In a 3 site MGM environment , with virtual LCP copy & a testcopy, we are limited to only 1 testcopy flashcopy target. We have a requirement to take Flashcopies once a week along with having RC1 flashcopy taken daily. Currently, there is ...
12 months ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

Detailed logging for standard action/scripts

This RFE is a follow up to problem record 44584.211.788.Recently we were surprised by the shutdown of one of our systems. We checked the netlog to see what happened and saw that someone brought the system down via GDPS standard action.We tried to ...
over 5 years ago in GDPS 11 Planned for future release

CopyOnce: too much frequent

As written in the manual "ZG246758" the restore procedure after an HYPERSWAP (scheduled or unattended) foresees 3 actions:1- START secondary on Master of MM;2- MGM3SITE_RESTORE;3- MGM3SITE_SWAP The 9th step of MGM3SITE_RESTORE_MT_RS* procedure for...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Is a defect

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