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Provide some figures on OSA interface usage / utilization

Provide some OSA interface / port statistics about bandwidth usage and utilization which can be queried by NETSTAT command e.g. D TCPIP,,OSAINFO,INTFNAME=LNKGE00 The figures should display values for - highest peak (bandwidth usage since last acti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates fo

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates for audit events SECURITY_FORM_LOGIN and SECURITY_FORM_LOGOUT Auditable security eventshttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgec...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Provisioning workflow for zCX instance provisioning

Current standalone workflow to provision zCX instances is very well made. We believe zCX instance provisioning should also be made available as a provisoning workflow, which would include all the additional configuration done by z/OSMF cloud provi...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Allow System Symbols in keyword name automount policy

I want to have a single entry in automount policy that covers all LPARs in a sysplex. Instead, I have to have an entry for each because I cannot use &SYSNAME in the name component.(Case TS002611927 is not allowed in PMR field)
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Zert database access layer

The goal to have some level of role-based access controls within the zERT Network Analyzer application itself. For example, there could be a role that can only execute queries and view the reports, another that can create, update and delete querie...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Java Support for AT-TLS aware and controlling applications

In order to provide an AT-TLS aware or controlling application that is written in Java, you need to be able to call the IOCTL() function from a JAVA native call (JNI) written in C or assembler. The call also needs to provide access to the socket d...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OS FTP SERVER to support Kerberos authentication without keytab

Currently FTP server is configured to be a distribute DVIPA and because gss_acquire_cred call doesn't support use_dvipa_override, it would require keytab to be setup for FTP Kerberos to work.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Network Authentication Service 1 Future consideration

ZEXPAND enhancement for ZCMD

In many cases, the command field on a panel is not defined with an expandable field which prevents the user from entering longer commands without overtly entering the CMDE command to get the expanded command prompt. Enhance ZEXPAND so that when it...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Opportunity to set the data tier in the DASD subsystems using DFS

At the moment, we have the chance to define all kind of attributes for data sets, by using DFSMS Data Class, Storage Class and Management Class. We need an enhancement for the DFSMS classes, to also control the tiering in the DASD subsystem Now, t...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

Override FTP.DATA at system level

Provide the ability to override FTP.DATA settings at the system level. This would give us the ability to enforce SSL on mainframe FTP client connections going to outbound servers that are not enforcing the use of SSL.There is an existing marketing...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Future consideration

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