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Core Infrastructure

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EE over IPv6 needs to use the larger MTU of Jumbo OSAs or HiperSockets

When EE goes over IPv4 then it uses the available MTU provided by the OSAs or HiperSockets. Did you know that EE over IPv6 does not? It constrains itself to an MTU of 1100 bytes, even though OSPF is telling us the the available MTU is 8192 for Jum...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

DFSMShsm Allow different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same ZFS

The ability to use different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same file system is required in DFSMShsm. As it is now in DFSMShsm it's not granular enough, since we require some files and/or dire...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Make it easier to enabe FTP clients for AT-TLS, in environments that have a variety of FTP servers

For environments where z/OS FTP client users have to connect to a variety of different FTP servers - especially those that are managed by organizations outside of my enterprise - the need to change AT-TLS policy in order to protect the FTP connect...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration

USS command bpxwmigf need to force a swap

I am using bpxwmigf uss command to help to migrate from HFS to ZFS, and also from a ZFS to another (extended) ZFS. It is very useful and reliable. But sometimes it fails to swap to the new ZFS due to message : status.......: swap deferred at 08:31...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Planned for future release

VARY SYNTAXCHECK for OMPROUTE configuration file

OMPROUTE had failed with the following configuration statements:; Interface IP_Address=a.b.c.d Name=interface1 Subnet_Mask=255.255.255.0 Destination_Addr=0.0.0.0 RIP_Interface IP_Address=a.b.c.* Name=dummy Subnet_Mask=255.255.255.224 EZZ7830I SYNT...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

ISPF STATS Stuck at 01.99

When a PDS/PDSE member VV.MM reaches 01.99, the stats stop incrementing and get stuck at 01.99. When 01.99 is reached can the VV be incremented to 02 and the MM be reset to 00 and continue updating up to the limit of VV.MM, then reset back to 01.0...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

SMF92 record remount in correct mode

The product only writes out the remount SMF record during the unmount portion and does not write another record after it is mounted again. This means that the mode in the record does not necessarily reflect the correct mode in effect after the rem...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

z/OS LDAP Support for AT-TLS

z/OS LDAP should either add support for AT-TLS or provide instructions for using LDAP while AT-TLS is active.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

TESTAUTH for 64 Bit addressing mode

The TESTAUTH functionality should also support programs with 64-bit addressing.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

RACF Read only auditor at group level

ROAUDIT is system level only. We need to be able to narrow the scope.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration