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Externalize HILITE values to ISPF Z variables

Externalize the HILITE values to ISPF Z variables (e.g. ZHILANG, ZHICOLOR, ZHIPAREN, ZHIFIND, ZHICURSR)
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Delivered

Add Azure Support for CDA

We would like support in z/OS 2.4 to transfer data to and from MS Azure file and blob storage.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 3 Delivered

Document the LOGSTRX bit flag in ICHRFXP DSECT

This bit is referred to as "BIT12" in the ICHRFXP DSECT. This bit indicates the format of the data found at the LOGSTR pointer. This bit is needed to know what format the provided data is in for exits that process RACROUTE REQUEST=FASTAUTH calls.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Delivered

TCPIP startup message

There are a lot of tasks depending on TCPIP startup.Actually there is no real TCPIP startup finished message issued that can an automation tool pick up. There should be a message issued when all functions of TCPIP are ready to do work so that the ...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

Improve skulker performance

With SFTP, each transfer creates a log file. With heavy usage, this can create thousands of log files daily. Using skulker to delete these files is no longer feasible since it can only delete around 4K files per hour using almost an entire engine ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Delivered

Exploit 64-bit addressing mode in DFSMShsm

We would like to request the implementation of 64-bit addressing mode for DFSMShsm to avoid GETMAIN errors during Space Management. Even though existing APAR (e.g. OA32502) describe it as a works-as-designed effect, the limitation is drawing Stora...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

Additional Granularity for FIXCDS commands

we would like additional granularity on FIXCDS commands to allow us to lock specific function such as delete and patch away under elevated access, while leaving things like display under standing access
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Delivered

CSSMTP default MAIL FROM parametrisation needed

For security Reasons our MS Exchange Configuration requires that the Mailheader always contains the “MAIL FROM:” statement filled with a valid Emailadress.In the case that CSSMTP tries so send a mail notification for an undeliverable mail to the s...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Prompt user if they try to start a second z/OSMF Workflow instance from the same Workflow Definition.

Some z/OSMF might not be suited to having multiple instances running in parallel. However, because there is currently no way to know from a Workflow instance which Workflow Definition it was created from, it is possible to start a second instance ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

GDK KEYFILE and providers on DB2 base rather than on Unix file.

We plan to use CDA on CICS/IMS environment, so in transactional process and not in batch mode. Because i can have many transactions per minute who used CDA we will prefer to have the configuration unix files on a database (for exemple DB2) rather ...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered