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z/OS 2.4 OpenSSH HOS2240 consider changing to debug or info > error: FOTS3002 zsshIcsfMacClear (938): CSFPTRD failed: return code = 8, reason code = 3027

When SSH clients connect to z/OS 2.4 OpenSSH HOS2240 SSHD server, the following error message is seen in /var/syslog/: error: FOTS3002 zsshIcsfMacClear (938): CSFPTRD failed: return code = 8, reason code = 3027 The clients connect successfully wit...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 2 Delivered

z/OSMF zERT-Plugin Allow Configurable Temp.Database

The zERT-Plugin in z/OSMF allows to import SMF Data Type 119 Subtype 12.Reports can be used to get an overview to non-secured ports and to be able to plan activity to close / reconfigure such critical connections.Each Report uses multible Tables i...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

Provide z/OS HiperSockets Layer 2 and converged interface support

There are two related issues described here:1. System z HiperSockets provides Operating Systems with two modes of access to the HS channel ("internal LAN"): 1. Layer 2 mode (firmware routes frames using MAC address within fully formed IEEE 802.3 f...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Enable alternate credentials for use with OAM's cloud support

Today, the cloud data access (CDA) component of DFSMS (used by OAM's object support) only allows a single set of credentials to be associated with a specified cloud provider (container). There are circumstances (perhaps a disaster recovery test) w...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

zFS Enhancement for Policy Agent and RWSHARE Option

We want PM61809 to be fixed in zFS. Sorry, but I couldn't find z/OS, Unix System Services or zFS as IBM product, but you still sell it?
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Delivered

zERT - Recording Interval

Enable zERT to select an aggregation recording interval independent of the SMF interval.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Dynamic update/change ACS Installation Exits

Submitted By: 3100012R4F #48Submitted Date: 2016-06-14, Submitted By: Edward J Petka, Jr.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 3 Delivered

Change restConnector-1.0 to restConnector-2.0 in izuznagui.<fmid>.xml file

For BMC AMI Ops for Java Environments which we use to measure our JVMs on z/OS we need to specify feature restConnector-2.0 in server.xml. z/OS 2.4 delivers izuznagui.<fmid>.xml file for z/OSMFPlugin IBM zERT Network Analyzer. This file spec...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

PFA_COMMON_STORAGE_USAGE Health check parms

At zOS 2.2, new parms e_low, e_med, and e_high result in exceptions based on severity and the number of minutes before the exception will occur for health check PFA_COMMON_STORAGE_USAGE. (E)SQA is designed to overflow into (E)CSA, so an exhaustion...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 7 Delivered

Communication Server IPFilter Logging Enhancement

The ability to only log IPFilter packets of connection handshakes and disconnects instead of every packet.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

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