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Communications Server

enable zIIP offload for TCP/IP address space

IBM's strategy is to encourage integration with Z components with the ecosystem outside of Z and all of these integrations are happening via TCP/IP. Significant network traffic (with encryption) has increased due to extensive deployment of product...
24 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Method to clear and reload the TCPIP Profile in zOSMF Network Configuration Assistant plug-in

I would like to request an enhancement to the Network Configuration Assistant(NCA) plug-in to add a command or utility that can clear out or reset the TCPIP profile to its initial state so that I can import my TCP/IP configuration like it's first ...
2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Under review

Alert for ephemeral port exhaustion

We have had instances where we have had clients on z/OS which open numerous JAVA threads in a short time which open outbound sockets. These connections run through our available ports but are hard to detect when this has happened as the only thing...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

Enable Sysplex Distributor traffic draining (Disable/Quiesce) for zCX EXTTRG targets

Description In environments using IBM z/OS Container Extensions together with Sysplex Distributor, zCX instances are commonly exposed as TCP targets so that inbound traffic can be distributed across multiple zCX environments running on different L...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

PFS UDS MAXSOCKETS for AF_UNIX

Currently, our application development department is using the C syslog() API to send logs to SYSLOGD. SYSLOGD forwards these messages to another syslog server which puts the data into Splunk. During our load and performance test, we hit the barri...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Under review

Support Port Mapping from Sysplex Distributor Standard Ports to Kubernetes NodePort Services

Hello IBM, We are running Openshift Cntainer Platform on z/OS and use Sysplex Distributor for load balancing the traffic between worker nodes. Our Container Team is requesting an enhancement to allow SD to receive inbound traffic on standard ports...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Not under consideration

Set permission bits in HFS object according to DOD STIC recommendations

We want to be fully DoD STIG compliant and use zSecure to verify this. There are several USS objects delivered by Communication Server which don't have set all permission and/or audit bits set according STIC recommendations. Of course we could chm...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

Create a command that will permit do a clean up and force the PORTNAME

We have two environments that share the same OSA card, but they were codified with different PORTNAME, then when the first came up, a PORTNAME was defined, when the second came up, it don't work because it was using a different PORTNAME. The solut...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Not under consideration

Allow Sysplex Distributor to monitor ATTLS health

In the event of an ATTLS Group failure, all connections to the system which are secured with ATTLS would fail. Sysplex Distributor would still forward connections to the sick system even when the other destinations are healthy. Sysplex distributor...
8 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

Reclassifying messages type EZZ8441I and EZZ8438I to Error (E) status

Reclassifying messages type EZZ8441I and EZZ8438I to Error (E) status EZZ8441I PAGENT MODIFY COMMAND UNSUCCESSFUL - SYNTAX ERROR EZZ8438I PAGENT POLICY DEFINITIONS CONTAIN ERRORS FOR image : type They can go unnoticed by automation and by less exp...
8 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Not under consideration

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