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Add support for Network Express to the NMI EZBNMIFR GetIfStatsExtended request to show Inbound Workload Queueing data

Inbound Workload Queueing data is not available for the Network Express adapter, which is integrated directly into the the EQDIO support and always active.
3 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Remove usage restrictions for Dynamic System Variable &SEQ

We have a situation where we need to use &SEQ to provide uniqueness in dataset name used in the SYSMDUMP DD. To collect dumps, we have coded the SYSMDUMP in our Application WLM Procs. When we do a WLM refresh, if multiple WLM Application envir...
10 days ago in z/OS / General Submitted

Add signature algorithm and key type fields to OpenSSH SMF 119 subtype's common security section

Please consider adding two more fields to the OpenSSH common security section used in the SMF 119 OpenSSH subtypes. The fields would pertain to public key user authentication, specifically: Public key type used (RSA, ED25519, ECDSA, etc.) and sign...
10 days ago in z/OS / OpenSSH Submitted

Update zOSMF to use &&TMPNETRC for NETRC data set

Use PassTicket authentication instead of NETRC data sets for FTP connections. To use PassTickets, the job dynamically creates a temporary NETRC data set, and individual permanent NETRC data sets are no longer required. The FTP step requires the fo...
5 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

Automatic detection and deletion of empty GDG base entries

In our company we have a lot of GDG base entries which will never be used again. The generations are run out through the managementclas over ten years, but the base entries are still in catalogue. It would be helpful to have an tool to figure them...
8 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS Submitted

Additional protection for IODFs used to write to IOCDS slots

We currently prevent clients from deleting the IODF from HCD which is active on the processor running HCD.In this idea we propose to add additional protections for IODFs which have been used to write to the current IOCDS slots; on the given proces...
3 days ago in z/OS / HCD Submitted

Persistent Pause support DISTPAUSE/DISTRESUME for EXTTARG

Our requirement is not simply to prevent traffic from being distributed until the zCX server and the Sysplex Distributor listener servers are active. We need the zCX instance to become an eligible target for workload distribution only when the com...
20 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Add persistent store-and-forward buffering for remote SYSLOGD destinations

Problem description: The z/OS SYSLOGD currently provides only in-memory buffering for messages forwarded to remote syslog destinations over TCP. When a remote collector becomes unavailable for an extended period, the internal queue can become exha...
26 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Provide an official solution for IRRHFSU HFS zFS Unload Utility

There is a solution Hierarchical File System UnloadUtilityAuthor: Bruce R. Wellsz/OS Security Server RACF brwells@us.ibm.com We face an issue with on z/OS 3.1 Could you please provide an official solution for this tool
5 days ago in z/OS / RACF Submitted

ERASE ON SCRATCH delegated to the DS8000 CECs

When a dataset is marked for erasure upon deletion ("erase on scratch"), the operation consumes zSeries CPU cycles. This proposal recommends offloading the CPU cycles required to erase datasets flagged by RACF ERASE to the DS8000 CECs, in a manner...
10 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Submitted

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