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IBM Z Software Asset Management

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Module and Dataset listings showing ALIAS-OF

Is it possible to capture the ALIAS-OF values for each module and dataset listed in reports?
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Not under consideration

Provide a digital signature option during the SMP/E build

We are required to prove that our software instances are patched and up to date. Can SMP/E (or a separate utility that can perform this function for a non-SMPE product) generate a digital signature containing a summary of hash values that represen...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Not under consideration

Insert User Data to the TAD/Z repository

For regulators, auditors, and many other consumers, we need to marry software usage data with LPAR MSU, license expiration, EOM, EOL data, contractual limitations (e.g. Perpetual license, LPAR based license, ELA, Sub-Capacity License etc...). Like...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 3 Future consideration

Report on PTF level for discovered products.

System Programmers in our organization use spreadsheets to keep track of PTF levels applied to software products. This is a time consuming and tedious process. It would be very useful if TADZ could discover this information and include it in the '...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

Certificate based User login to Analyzer

We would appreciate the login to Analyzer would be based on client certificate.The user's certificates contain the hostidmappings extension (OID 1.3.18.0.2.18.1), which contains the pid of the user.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Planned for future release

USS GKB add Asset informationto products

Like in the z/OS GKB, we would also like to have 'Asset' information in the USS GKB, in order to be able to identify licensed products, which is a major focus of Configuration Management.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Planned for future release

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