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Communications Server

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...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

AT-TLS Command to renew Certificates without manipulating the AT-TLS policy

Hello, It would be very helpfull to have a command that retrieves the Certificates information out of the ESM (RACF) without updating the parmeter EnvironmentUserInstance within the policy itself. The renewal proces of the certificate is by genera...
7 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

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.
about 1 month 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...
2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Native BGP Support in z/OS Communications Server for Multi-Interface Binding

Add native Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) support to z/OS Communications Server to allow IP binding across multiple network interfaces without requiring redundant dual IP stacks. Description / Business Case: With IBM moving towards streamlining net...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server Needs more information

Enhanced Detection of Sysplex Distributor Traffic Delivery Failures

Problem Statement A recent incident exposed a gap in the visibility and workload management capabilities of the Sysplex Distributor. Traffic was successfully directed to the distributor; however, due to an internal distribution issue, packets were...
12 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

z/OS resolver should comply with the requirement in RFC 1034 to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names

RFC 1034 requires to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names. Based on a recent incident that we experienced, it seems that the z/OS resolver does not do this. We are requesting the z/OS resolver to comply wit...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

make z/OS FTP does support MLSD

z/OS FTP does not support MLSD, therefore, in Filzilla and other FTP clients, files with more than 99 exdents are not displayed in the file list, with MLSD this would be possible
about 2 years 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...
7 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future 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 ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server Not under consideration

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