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Communications Server

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Operator Command for refreshing keyrings used by AT-TLS

We have over 200 certificates that we use in our different environments every day with AT-TLS. Since we require to update these certificates once a year. To keep from taking an outage we have to go into z/OSMF and update the key ring instance then...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

zERT Manage Database

Under zERT Manage Database, provide additional pruning operation abilities based upon an import label number identifier, and / or the System or LPAR name. This will be in addition to the current Prune Database options available.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Enhance zERT to Notify User that an Import is Complete.

Currently, one has to keep clicking refresh on one of the screens until it shows it's been fully imported.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Enhance the Network Analyzer by providing the ability to cancel long-running import process

There is no external ability to manually free a hung data set by cancelling the operation if there is a long-running import
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Request IP address override for FTP server response to PASV

We are unable to support our customers who connect through our proxy server over the internet when we turn on at/tls because at/tls does not support 3-way communications. This feature is a common feature of my Windows FTP server partners. This fea...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add support for MTU size in OSPF DD packets as per RFC 2328

Add the MTU size to OSPF Database Description packets in accordance with RFC 2328
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

zOSMF RENAME BACKSTORE FUNCTION

We need a way to rename a backing store from the z/OSMF configuration menu
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Replace Db2 ZOS requirement for zERT of ZOSMF

When looking at zERT function ZOSMF, says REQUIRES DB2 Z/OS - why - Why not use diff options to store these SMF 119 records - not everyone has DB2 Z/OS and even if they do, not everyone has this on all lpars etc....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Improvement to EEDIAG,TEST,LIST=DETAIL command

The D NET,EEDIAG,TEST command with LIST=DETAIL sets an incrementing TTL to provide a list of routers in the path to the end-point similar to the IP traceroute command. It appears that the current code stops incrementing the TTL count if a router i...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

z/OS EZATMAIL output class configuration option

We would like to have the output class for EZATMAIL set as a configuration option. Currently output class A is hardcoded and there is no way to change it.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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