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Core Infrastructure

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Comms Server IP and SNA Display Disconnect

A telnet LU pool can be exhausted without being able to tell from VTAM displays if the telnet server has no DEFAULTAPPL or USSTCP coded. The connection failure message on the client is quite generic and doesn't help identify the cause of connectio...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide diagnostic aide in ISPF TEST to see VDEFINE definition used for a variable

During development and problem diagnosis, it is discovered that a variable has incorrect content (shorter than expected, typically). ISPF TEST option 3 is used to see the content during the diagnosis effort to isolate the problem. If I could see h...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

z/OSMF import policy data not possible with a userid that only can perform logon with a passphrase

I am not able to import policy data in the configuration assistant plugin in z/OSMF with a userid that only has a password phrase. Our high privileged users do not have a password, they have a password phrase only. The import policy data password ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Monitor string usage

As described in PMR we had an issue after dynamic strings added.We had no idea we were close to limit and we are not aware how often this happens.We suggest to add monitoring for the dynamic string as described in Use Case.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

incoming traffic monitor

i want to monitor all incoming/outgoing tcpip traffic in my z/os system.I want a light weight (i.e., not a trace) monitor so that it can run all the time.I imagine it as a monitor that writes details to SMF records.Then I can post-process the SMF ...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

z/OS Communications Server FTP sockets port

We would like to see the ability to set the port used by FTP sockets connections. It is currently hard-coded as 1080 and given company standards for firewalls, this has caused issues in my organisation.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Supplied SMTP email routine SMTPNOTE needs enhancing

Problem description SMTPNOTE, supplied in SEZAINST(SMTPNOTE), needs improvements to be usable with modern SMTP standards and MVS environments. As is, the code is broken as supplied. Issues: 1. Lack of temp_dsn allocation parameters causes allocati...
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

TN3270 LU group activation

For various operational reasons, pooled or pre-assigned LUs will be temporarily unavailable when TN3270 clients connect. When the OPEN ACB fails, TN3270 puts these LUs in an inactive pool displayable with the D TCPIP,,TELNET,INACTLUS command. Thes...
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Provide Full Life Cycyle Management in PKI Servers for RACF Certificates

Enhance PKI Servies so it can provide full life cycle management for certificates it creates in SAF.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / PKI 3 Not under consideration

zERT Data Field manipulation

Ability to disable/enable zERT Statistics (or other “uninteresting” data fields).
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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