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Communications Server

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We need Symbols for zERT Policy

Unlike IPSEC, zERTPE does not have stack symbols. This would be helpful with IP Addresses as in different systems I will have different IP addresses but need the same rule. This will reduce the toil of what I need to do. i.e. If I were to have a s...
19 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Allow the option to enable Policy Based Routing for routed traffic

In our company we have serveral different customer networks and different default gateways, to handle this we use Policy Based Routing (PBR). We want to provide zCX instances to those customers, but zCX is routed traffic, which currently is not su...
20 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

CSSMTP - Exploit HashiCorp instead of LDAPBIND to retrieve password

Since CSSMTP supports authentication with TCP/IP APAR PH61015 a user requires the password in clear text to add it to the LDAPBIND section with a RACF command. However, it would be of great benefit if CSSMTP would connect to HashiCorp password vau...
27 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future 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...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Move comm server control blocks from ECSA to above the bar common storage

All of the CSM allocated storage regardless of the requestor (TCPIP, VTAM) is mapped by EXT and HDR control blocks that reside in ECSA. The storage directly allocated by TCPIP or indirectly through CSM for TCPIP usage is mapped by SKMB/SKDB contro...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Granular control on TIMEWAIT and FINWAIT2

Right now, TIMEWAIT and FINWAIT2 could be specified in TCPIP.PROFILE GLOBALCONFIG. However, different TCP/IP connection might have different requirements on the values. It is good to have a policy-based management such that granular control could ...
2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Reduce service downtime for sysplex distrubutor as a source address

Problem description: When the CF structure for SD (Sysplex Distrubutor) is rebuild after a failure will the structure be locked for some time. In our case is it around 1 min and 30 sec in production. Every call when the lpar is client will fail wi...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

zOSMF - NCA - Add Description as comments to generated Policy

It would be great if the Description added to the 'Address Groups' (for all policies) would be added to the generated policy, as a comment. This would help when one is checking the installed policy to have more context for the used/installed 'Addr...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future 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...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Option to set HLQ/datasetname in NCA for installing obey files of change sets

After configuring change sets in NCA, it is necesary to install the obey files created by the NCA. As HLQ the user id of the administrator is used (userid.TCPPARMS). An option to set this HLQ/datasetname would be helpful to prevent me to set this ...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

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