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    require persistent connectivity for SPLUNK in DATAPUMP

    We send data to SPLUNK and recent update has broken the process. Product needs persistent connectivity, like it is has with InfluxDB to function.
    about 20 hours ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

    zOS Health Check - Root and Altroot in synch?

    Add a new Health Check or extend an existing one that compares the root and altroot filesystem if they are in synch.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / USS 0 Under review

    Support for 32 TB of real memory per LPAR via feature statement

    Would like to be able to have fewer, larger LPARs. If the reconfigurable memory is the limiting factor, then for cases where reconfigurable/dynamic memory is not needed, it should be possible to include a config file statement that disables/bypass...
    8 days ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

    Modernization of IBM zOS USS Environment

    Looking to modernizing the IBM zOS USS environment to enhance its compatibility with contemporary POSIX standards and utilities. The current system, while robust, lacks certain modern features that are essential for efficient and streamlined opera...
    10 months ago in z/OS / USS 1 Planned for future release

    z/VM TCPIP : add support to VMSSL for SNI(Server Name Indication)

    We require this to allow for connections to cloud provisioned services under Openshift and without SNI within zVM VMSSL this is not possible.
    6 months ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Enable Ansible integration with z/VM

    Ansible Automation is an extremely popular tool that is available on many platforms (including zOS) except for zVM. While providing native SSH access to zVM may be unrealistic I believe that leveraging a Linux VM with SMCLI to communicate to SMAPI...
    9 months ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

    Change permissions on mount/mkdir

    We have /tmp filesystem mounted as TFS filesystem. There are several tasks, that are using /tmp/javasharedresources. The first task using this path will make this directory. In the moment, we have to trust the application or programmer to choose t...
    21 days ago in z/OS / USS 0 Submitted

    Enable flashcopy Command for ESE Volumes

    With the new DS8A00 and FCM4 it is necessary to define all Volumes as type ESE (Extended Space Efficent). But we found that the normal flshcopy command under z/VM doesn't either work with ESE-Volumes. You must establish, copy and withdrawn the Fla...
    9 months ago in z/VM 3 Functionality already exists

    USS Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion support for IBM-1141 and other code pages.

    We would appreciate an enhancement in Unix System Services – Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion – so that it also works for code pages other than IBM-1047, such as IBM-1141. Currently, the following restriction exists: Only the EBCDIC IBM-1047 en...
    7 months ago in z/OS / USS 1 Functionality already exists

    SSHD Support for zVM OS

    SSHD support directly in VM would allow for modern tooling to connect and utilise the platform. Version control of config files via GIT for example.
    8 months ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

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