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provide selective backup/restore capability for in progress Software Install configuration date

Recently we went back to see the results of an earlier configuration change and in hast believe we replied incorrectly to a warning about losing all later configuration information (which in this case was quite extensive and time consuming to do o...
1 day ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Submitted

Enhance active and status displays with acee userid

Please add to these displays a column with the ACEE Userid - I'm not sure where owner is coming from but we have started tasks that are started by a server address space under the started task userid and then change to a specific userid which is r...
1 day ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Under review

CSSMTP Add Return-/Reason-Code to Message EZD1813I

When CSSMTP detects some error during the process of a SMTP Mail which prevents the transmission of the mail to the remote SMTP Server it issues message EZD1813I. This message is WTO issued and can be processed by a System-Automation component. Bu...
1 day ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Submitted

Increase logical paths limit of 512 for Control Unit (HCD message CBDG085I)

We reached the limit of 512 paths for Control Units when disks are shared between multiple sysplexes. DASD volumes are being forced to be accessed by 3 and even 2 channel paths.
7 days ago in z/OS / HCD 3 Under review

System SSL HTTP CRL request should understand all valid HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1 protocol responses

At the moment System SSL describes the following requirement:"System SSL uses the HTTP/1.1 protocol to send the HTTP CRL request and requires an HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1 protocol response.The HTTP response must include a valid content-length field tha...
19 days ago in z/OS / SSL 0 Submitted

List General Resource Classes that were not unloaded by IRRDBU00 in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the general resource classes that are defined on the system where the unload is performed. IRRDBU00 does not unload profiles in classes that are not defined on the system where it is executed and does ...
3 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Report the RACF database template level of each INDDn database in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the level of the templates in the database being unloaded. Knowing the level of the templates can help set expectations as to the contents of the unload. This information can also provide a mechanism f...
3 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Enable ISPF services to support PDSE Member Generations

LMMLIST and LMMCOPY along with LMMDISP should support PDSE Member Generations if they exist in the referenced PDSE.
9 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Compatibility between Striped multi-layered VSAMs and Fast replication

We would like to use FAST REPLICATION to copy Striped multi-layered VSAMs. Today if we try to do that, we get the messages: ADR918I (001)-AMOVE(25), FAST REPLICATION COULD NOT BE USED FOR DATA SET B4DB2P2.DSNDBC.D1D4V01.S1D4V925.I0001.A014, RETURN...
19 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Submitted

Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
4 months ago in z/OS / General 3 Under review