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Enable the z/OS FTP Client program to recognize and make use of multiple IP addresses in the answer from a DNS name query

z/OS FTP Client program should have a configuration parameter in FTP.DATA to enable the program to recognize and make use of multiple IP addresses present in the answer from a DNS name query. Currently, the FTP Client uses only the first IP addres...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

IPSEC -y output does not include the ID generation number for ParentIKETunnelID that is associated with the TunnelID

Because IKE / ISAKMP SAs can refresh and expire while Protocol SAs (Phase2 SAs) are associated with them, there can be confusion was to what ParentIKETunnelID are being used. So I would like to see that not only the ParentIKETunnelID be included i...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Update the D STOR,,TCPIP command to reflect CTRACE Bufsize for CTRACES SYSTCPIP and SYSTCPDA, etc.

The output of command D TCPIP,,STOR, at v1r13, displays the CTRACE size only. It does not reflect the amount of storage currently in use for each of the CTRACE options. This information is misleading as the current, maximum and limit never change....
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

VIT CIA (ODPK,PKI/PKO/MPDU) trace converter

VTAM Internal Trace Option CIA traces the DLC Layer of a z/OS LPAR. As such the first couple of bytes of all inbound and outbound IP packets are traced in PKI/PKO, ODPK or MPDU trace entries. The trace formatter shipping with VTAM (ISTRAFT1 or IPC...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Restore a non SMS extended addressable LDS to an SMS managed Volume

Per error message in the log: Issue :0ADR971E (001)-FDSRL(04), LOGICAL RESTORE FOR CLUSTER ISV.JAVA.V11.OMVS.JAVAROOT IN CATALOG ICFCAT.SHR.ISV FAILED, 8 Error: The source data set is a NONSMS extended addressable VSAM LDS and the target data set ...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

We need remove the limitation on AIX for the VSAM

My client has larger Index they are not able to accommodate all the index in VSAM if we increase the AIX limitation more then 32,768 it will help the client
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 1 Not under consideration

Define Volumes as first step in z/OSMF Serverpac Deployment

It would be helpful to provide the capability in z/OSMF, as part of a Serverpac install, to add a step that defines and builds ICKDSF JCL to initialize volume names which will be used in the Deployment Checklist step, to assign datasets to a speci...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

In traditional ISPF at LOGON time, you can select a COMMAND to be executed. I noticed when I LOGON to TSO through ZOSMF, there is NOT a COMMAND field to enter. As a result, my current LOGON proc fails. Can you allow a COMMAND to be entered through ZOSMF?

It is useful because I cannot logon to TSO currently with my LOGON proc through ZOSMF. We do NOT want to have to create SPECIAL procs.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Test General

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 05/10/2022 Submitter Name: Meredith Halperin (IT Manager) Description: Testing Aha integration
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 1 Not under consideration

Ability for BINDER to tag ALIAS zfs files

It would be useful if it was possible for the BINDER to be able to tag the zFS file that has been created during its processing (chtag). If ALIAS is specified and points to a zFS location an untagged file will be created. Since the binder only pro...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Program Management/Binder 0 Future consideration

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