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Communications Server

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    Add Client/Server role indicator into ZERT SMF 119 Subtype 11 Records

    The SMF 119 Subtype 11 record (ZERT Detail) does not have any indcation of whether z/OS is the client or server for the connection. This indicator DOES exits in the SMF 119 Subtype 12 (ZERT Summary) records, fields SMF119SS_SAServer , SMF119SS_SAC...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

    Add support for either DNSSEC or DoH

    Nowadays, security is an important concern in every IT area. Data privacy and integrity should be provided for data at rest and data in transit. Traditional DNS protocol running over UDP plaintext is vulnerable for attack, for example DNS spoofing...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

    Have option for Distributor to reply with reset or not reply if there are no targets available

    We are asking that IBM explore adding an option for the distributing stack to not pass traffic to the local stack if there are no current targets available to the distributor. Giving us the ability for when we receive a SYN packet to either have t...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

    Message "EZD1314I TCP/IP AND EXTENDED SERVICES ARE NOW INITIALIZED FOR STACK" not living up to its expectations

    EZD1314I is supposed to tell us that TCPIP is ready and waiting for work and that it's ok to start applications that depend on TCPIP to be fully active. We wait for EZD1314I to appear at IPL time and yet our TN3270 servers kick out error message "...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

    Use more frequent commits when importing SMF data in to the zNA database to reduce Db2 resource consumption

    Committing every 1000 inserts would be a good starting point This number needs to be customizable so we can adjust based on our needs as workloads and reporting needs change over time Our preferred solution to the lack of commits would be to use t...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

    Add SMF119AP_TTStatus to SMF119 Subtype 1 Connection Init

    Add the field SMF119AP_TTStatus to the SMF 119 Subtype 1 Connection Initialization record. This field was already added to the subtype 2 - termination record, but should also exist in the init record. This information is known to the system at con...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

    Enhance zERT to Support Importing from GDGs

    Add the ability to import all generations of a GDG when specifying the base. When testing this some generation datasets would get stuck and stay allocated to the z/OSMF ID. This would prevent other jobs from accessing those datasets and would requ...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

    Simple Ordering of rules in zOSMF Configuration Assistant

    When managing the order of rules by selecting the radio button and chose 'Move up' the focus on the selected rule gets lost and I have to select it again which is very cumbersome. The focus must remain on the selected rule to move it up few levels...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

    Get dynamic window sizes in zOSMF NCA

    When working on a big screen running zOSMF and the NCA plugin in full screen mode to work on any of the policies, the window in NCA does not scale to the real size of the window of zOSMF/NCA itself as it's limited to a fixed height. This must be i...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

    Reuse of address groups in zOSMF Configuration Assistant

    As more and more policies can be managed by zOSMF Configuration Assistant it would be very beneficial if the address groups can be re-used in the policies to: Speed up creation of new Policies Prevent duplication of data Simplify Management of add...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

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