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z/OS

Provide the ability to activate a Couplilng Facility only dynamic definition change in batch instead of only being able to do it from the ISPF panels

For most IODF activation changes we use batch processes that are repeatable and have been turned over to our operations team (since the batch process can be setup for exactly what we want to activate). Doing an activation via the panels requires a...
about 18 hours ago in z/OS / HCD Submitted

ICSF CSFPTRL: add options to list objects by from oldest to newest & newest to oldest.

Currently the sorting options for CSFPTRL - PKCS#11 Token List (ALL, RTL) sort TKDS object sequence numbers based on ASCII A-Z,0-1. For example: this makes it unable to return only the latest public certificate without additional sorting through a...
11 days ago in z/OS / ICSF Submitted

Add signature algorithm and key type fields to OpenSSH SMF 119 subtype's common security section

Please consider adding two more fields to the OpenSSH common security section used in the SMF 119 OpenSSH subtypes. The fields would pertain to public key user authentication, specifically: Public key type used (RSA, ED25519, ECDSA, etc.) and sign...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / OpenSSH Submitted

DFSMSrmm should honor generic RACF profiles during internal authorization checks

DFSMSrmm performs internal RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH checks for concrete data set names but does not specify RACFIND=YES or enable generic profile matching. As a result, applicable generic RACF profiles are ignored and misleading ICH408I RESOURCE NOT ...
17 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Submitted

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

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

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

Create a DEVSERV Console Command to CLEAR FENCE on DASD devices, when the JES system cannot reach SUB=MSTR or Scheduler state to submit Batch job.

After a recent issue with TDMF Copy over Channel Extension with the client's network dropping, an issue of source DASD being FENCED from TDMF losing connection to target DASD prevented a successful IPL on the Source DASD due to FENCE condition. Du...
9 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF Submitted

Enhance IOS Channel Path Recovery to Detect and Isolate Persistently Degraded Paths

The current IOS channel path recovery mechanism is effective at detecting and recovering from channel path failures based on qualifying error thresholds within a configured time interval. However, there are scenarios in which a channel path may re...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Submitted

Updates to Virtual Flash Memory using BCPii

We've been in a predicament during some testing where we're short on VFM (Virtual Flash Memory) and needing to allocate more, and finding that only certain storage values can be changed utilizing BCPii in the LPAR Activation Profiles, however, VFM...
10 days ago in z/OS / BCP_BCPii Submitted

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