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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.
    1 day ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

    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...
    9 days ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

    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 ...
    5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

    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...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 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...
    12 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Submitted

    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
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future 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...
    2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF - Network Configuration Assistant - Traffic Descriptor smart filtering

    Currently in a Traffic Descriptor the Job Name filter does accept wildcard character as the last character. This works but depending on jobname pattern this can result in a large list of traffic types in a traffic descriptor. If the differentiator...
    4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

    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

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