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Communications Server

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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...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Client Certificate validation on AT-TLS Server with client authentication

In AT-TLS, when the HandshakeRole parameter is set to ServerWithClientAuth, a certificate request is sent to the client during the handshake. The client can send its certificate to the server, which can then validate the certificate. The level of ...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Determining CPU Usage per Application in TCPIP Stack

We would like to determine the cost and CPU usage of each application running under each address space. Specifically, we need to identify how much CPU usage is consumed by each application under the TCP/IP workload. For example, if the TCP/IP addr...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Set the owner for comm server owned common storage

When reviewing 24/31 bit common storage usage, comm server owned storage shows up as owned by *SYSTEM* making it more difficult and time consuming to determine what in system owned storage grew. It would make analysis easier if comm server owned c...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SYSLOGD zIIP eligable

Since z/OS V3R1 backported to V2R5 (PH47666), SYSLOGD provides the possibility to send logs to remote systems. This open's a whole new world, like connecting systems to Splunk in a very easy way. In times of every MIPS count, this new possibilitie...
10 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Syntax check for configuration member

It would be great to have an option to verify syntax of configuration members, namely ATCCON, ATCSTR, to prevent any possible issues to be found out only during IPLs, which are often done during weekends and resolution of such issues can be slowed...
11 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Allow IP Address binding for PORTRANGE statements

Currently it is only possible to use IP Address binding on PORT statements and not PORTRANGE statements. For a number of application (eg. DB2) where one Server listens on multiple ports that should only be accessed over a particular IP Address, cu...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement on TCP/IP DROP command

Right now, tcp connection could be dropped by vary tcpip drop command based on the connection id. However, user would like to drop connection straight forward by the destination ip address, instead of spending time on checking the connection id by...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Provide user exit points for some commands in FTP server & client.

It would be beneficial for customers that use source code managers to provide user exit points at certain points in command processing. For example, by allowing a server LIST, RETR, or STOR command to access an API or insert a SUBSYS= value for a ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

zOSMF - NCA Allow comparision of policies between stacks

It shall be possible to compare an AT-TLS policy (and as well all other technologies available in NCA) between two defined TCPIP Stacks. As I can have a staggered approach to deploy new rules or other attributes of a policy for stack A, I want to ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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