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Allow HEAPZONES LE RTO to be set in CEEBXITA Assembler Exits

As documented in the z/OS Language Environment Programming Guide: You cannot set HEAPZONES at the system level, region level, or in the CEEBXITA assembler user exit interface. This RFE documents the need to allow HEAPZONES to be specified in CEEBX...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Simplify ADDUSER support with ALTER access to IRR.PASSWORD.RESET

As described in the PMR the installation is used to define new users without password and set an initial password later by support users having read access to FACILITY profile IRR.PASSWORD.RESET. Beginning with z/OS V2R2 such users are defined as ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 11 Not under consideration

OSA SF on z/OS for OSA-Express 5S needed

Starting with OSA-Express 5S Adapters OSA S/F functionality has moved from z/OS to Hardware Management Console (HMC) and Support Element (SE). We ask you to continue OSA/SF Support on z/OS for OSA-Express 5S and the following Cards.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Not under consideration

Strengthen the Certificate that authenticates SMP/E Download-Servers (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com/ deliverycb-mul.dhe.ibm.com)

The Root-Certificate used to sign the Server-Certificates for the SMP/E Download Servers (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com / deliverycb-mul.dhe.ibm.com) has been created with an old SHA1 algorithm. We would like to ask, if you could create new Server-Ce...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Order/Distr/Install 1 Not under consideration

Allow the LASTCOPY of Copypool backup to expire

Currently, DFHSM will not "EXPIRE" the last copy of a Copypool backup. It flags the tapes as EXPIRE but does not truly expire the tapes. Manual commands must be executed in order to truly expire the backup tapes of the last copy of a copypool.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Enhance the moddvipa utility to work with (virtual) hostnames.

The z/OS Communication Server utility"moddvipa" works only with IP's. It should be enhanced to also accept a real or virtual hostname to be independent from the IP which is assigned to the hostname.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

Minimize risk of odd input in HMC settings

Defined Capacity or Group Capacity is changed on a regular basis. To minimize the risk of odd input, the new value should be checked against the old value.In case the difference is more than 50%, an appropriate warning should be displayed.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

LE storage report STACK64 option new feature

The Maximum used by all concurrent threads is to count active thread number which is counted after thread initialization before thread termination and could handle the workload. We need one thread number statistics value align with the stack lifet...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Enhance granularity for CTRACE_DEFAULT_OR_MIN Health Check

Currently, the CTRACE_DEFAULT_OR_MIN Health Check is an "all or nothing" proposition--that is, there is no way to tell the Check that it is "OK" to be using non-default or "minimum" trace parameters for any one specific Component. So, if any one C...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

Timestamp in IKED joblog

It would be immensely helpful in a troubleshooting situation to have timestamps in the job log of the IKE daemon.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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