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Add PIPELINING support in CSSMTP

The SMTP PIPELINING FUNCTION can increase the performance of transmitting SMTP mails to the remote SMTP Server (MTA). Especially in cases where a large number of mails have to be transmitted. CSSMTP does not support the SMTP PIPELINING function.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

SMF Type42 should report Flashcopy statistics.

SMF Type42 already supports zOS DFSMS Advanced Copy Services statistics for Concurrent Copy (subtype4) and XRC (subtype11). Both volume level and data set level FlashCopy has been supported for years yet analyzing the workload relating to this ser...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

ISREMSPY should honour screensize

ISREMSPY is used to debug edit macros. However, for datasets with an LRECL>72, the simulated screen produced by ISREMSPY is limited to 72 columns, even when used on an 62 rows by 160 column display. It should be enhanced to honour the current s...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

Allow to specify a conversion technique when using CUNMTUNI batch tool

The Unicode Services batch client CUNMTUNI always uses the default technique-search-order for character conversion making it unusable with user-defined conversion tables (except maybe by using a user-defined codepage which would require a SMP/E us...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 2 Future consideration

We are requesting that 3 workflow properties be made into workflow internal workflows

We would like to have the following workflow properties be made obtainable through workflow internal variables. The properties are: 1) WorkflowVersion2) containsParallelSteps3) A property that can be used to obtain the source of the worklflow defi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

XCF_CF_STR_NONVOLATILE

We have several CF structures that we keep in simplex mode due to performance issues. We would like to exclude these from the XCF nonvolatile health check as to not have to remember to ignore this exceptions.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 4 Future consideration

Safer config online

BTMU has requested that we provide a new config online command that does all of the following automatically. BTMU hope that this new function will be included in z/OS2.1 or later.This request was discussed between zPE Makiyo Suzuki and z/OS IOS De...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 10 Future consideration

Support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client

At the moment we are looking for solutions to get rid of the DFS/SMB-server on our z/OS mainframe environment.We tried using the z/OS NFS Client software to connect to the Microsoft NFS Server on a Windows Server installation,however we ran into p...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

Abend0C4 in IFGDEBLK+13C at level UA97888 without FRR established

Client is worried that CLOSE abends without RECOVERY ROUTINE ESTABLISHEDas indicated by Software Logrec Record for ABEND0C4 at IFGDEBLK+13C (DEBCHECK during CLOSE) with: „THERE WAS NO RECOVERY ROUTINE ESTABLISHED."Details:A user program run in ABE...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 0 Future consideration

SURROGAT with JESINPUT and NODES

We have a requirement to submit a job from zVM, comes across using the NODES class, and then use SURROGAT with WHEN(JESINPUT). This doesn't work
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

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