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Adjust BPXPRM00 FILESYSTYPE for CINET to get a "clean" first IPL after a serverpac

I recently completed a z/OSMF serverpac install. I attempted the first IPL in the procedures and everything came up except TCPIP. TCPIP failed with the following message. EZZ4203I Z/OS UNIX - TCP/IP CONNECTION ERROR FOR TCPIP-BPX4SOC,00000003,FFFF...
13 days ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

Allow Changing Password from z/OSMF Login

Currently, when a user with an expired password attempts to login to z/OSMF they will receive a rejection to their logon. Users should be presented with a process to update their password from within z/OSMF itself. The current user experience is u...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Delivered

Allow, or ignore, extra blanks in the dsadm createparm command

When using dsadm createparm if there is an extra space the command fails. example: fails: dsadm createparm -path /dsfs/txt/lbdyck.test -psmodel "dsorg(ps) recfm(FB) lrecl(80) blksize(0) tracks space(1,1)" works: dsadm createparm -path /dsfs/txt/lb...
4 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Delivered

Add support for either DNSSEC or DoH

Nowadays, security is an important concern in every IT area. Data privacy and integrity should be provided for data at rest and data in transit. Traditional DNS protocol running over UDP plaintext is vulnerable for attack, for example DNS spoofing...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Add an HTML file to the z/OS 3.1 PDF download similar to 1.READ_ME_FIRST_zOS_V2R5_TOC.htm

The HTM file provided in prior releases when downloading a collection of the z/OS publications was extremely useful. Please provide one for the z/OS 3.1 publications download. Without it the usability of the download collection is significantly re...
8 months ago in z/OS / Documentation 17 Delivered

Enable dsadm (dsfs) to support more granular high level qualifier for createparm

Currently DSFS only support a single level high level qualifier for the dsadm createparm path (e.g. IBMUSER). Please expand this to multiple levels (e.g. IBMUSER.TEST). The psmodel/pdsmodel's may be different with different qualifier levels.
8 months ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Delivered

Have option for Distributor to reply with reset or not reply if there are no targets available

We are asking that IBM explore adding an option for the distributing stack to not pass traffic to the local stack if there are no current targets available to the distributor. Giving us the ability for when we receive a SYN packet to either have t...
9 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Enable DADSM exit to allow a forced EOV condition

For client enforcing strict allocation controls it can be beneficial to force dataset allocation to specific pools with specific allocations. This level of enforcement will minimize fragmentation, reduce storage administrator intervention and yiel...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Delivered

Add Metadata on object storage

Hi, We need to add some metadata when we download file to Object storage. Like sysplex_name, Lpar_name, record_format, dataset_organisation User_name etc.. The goal is to have more information on the files, and to secure object. It should be possi...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

Support a connection timeout in the HTTP component of the Web Enablement Toolkit

Currently there are options in the HTTP component of the z/OS Web Enablement Toolkit to specify SEND and RECEIVE timeouts. Support for a CONNECTION timeout value would prevent waiting too long for connections that are not available or unreliable. ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 1 Delivered