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Core Infrastructure

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Change to the wording of $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(004) NAME=xxxx IS TO BE ADDED

The wording of this Jes2 WTOR does not provide enough information for our operators to make a decision $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(004) NAME=HOD9 IS TO BE ADDED It would be more constructive for the WTOR to read as follows :- $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(0...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Netcat command unavailable to use with ProxyCommand (trying to SFTP thru Proxy Server)

I tried to sftp thru ProxyServer using option ProxyCommand. Using directiver from openssh.org it is advised to use netcat command, which does not exist in Open Ported Tools.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 2 Future consideration

LE modification for fork thread behaviour

There are multiple instances in the the core python implementation and in pypi packages where a thread calls fork and the child process tries to create a thread using pthread_create but results in an error. This error is due to the LE design ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

NTP server required because SNTP is not precise enough

Implement a NTP server that is more accurate than SNTP server.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

HCD unattended Export to allow replace an old IODF in different disk.

HCD unattended export with replace leaves IODF in old disk, not the one specified in the panel. Wait state obtained in IPL because IODF file was not in the intended disk, the one in the LOADPARM. IODF file was created by HCD export from other sysp...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / HCD 3 Not under consideration

Support for multiple IP-stack per LPAR for use with CP&M resource pools

We have multiple IP-stacks per LPAR.There currently is a limitation to use more than one per LPAR for CP&M Resource pools. This limits us from using CP&M Resource pools cloud provisioning of IP-adresses, which is a very important part of p...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Improvement on FFDC for z/OS & VTS mount state discrepencies

We have had many instances over the years of mismatches between the VTS device mount state in the VTS and z/OS. The latest of these was being pursued through PMR 15331,122,000. In almost all of these instances we get some notification through a z/...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

Need for ISPF alternate translate table for Cyrillic terminal (3278CY now)

Current translate table for ISPF Terminal Type 3278CY defines as valid some symbols which are really invalid for PC3270 session with Host Code Page 1025 Russia, we found the following symbols:x'42', x'54', x'62', x'72', x'75'We need the alternate ...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Provide capability to format OSAENTA (concurrently taken from multiple OSAs) in timestamp order

When using IPCS to format OSAENTA traces, have the resulting output be presented in timestamp order even when the input contains traces from different OSAs.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Please add zERT information in NETSTAT Displays like AT-TLS

Please add zERT Information for a selected TCP Session and report TLS Version, Ciphersuite and Session Reuse in a z/OS Stack Netstat Report Display like is it available for AT-TLS
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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