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Communications Server

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Enhance F OMPROUTE,OSPF,STATISTICS

Enhance the MVS Command "F OMPROUTE,OSPF,STATISTICS" to include the size of the built LSAs in the display.
about 13 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Test ability for PAGENT updates prior to installing them

IBM to provide a function in pagent to test a staging file for correctness prior to staging file being stored in production location. This would allow a file ready for production to be tested for logic errors prior to being installed
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

zERT Sessions Exclusion

Provide ability for zERT to exclude loopback to loopback address sessions.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

IKT00201I - TSO message to the SYSLOG

If IKT00201I was sent to the SYSLOG, it would allow automation to pick up, alert and react to the message. All mainframe customers would be able to automate this message and alert or add TSO users to increase the MAXUSERS, temporarily and be reset...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Performance improvement for FTPs MVSPUT

When the FTP subcommand MVSPUT (introduced with z/os v2r1) is used then for each member transmitted a new data connection is established. For a non-encrypted connection, this is no problem, but for an encrypted connection each of those data connec...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

TN3270 should provide a Display command on the Cached Certificate

TN3270 caches the CERT when it is started. There is no way to identified what the name of the CERT is that is cached. Or when it will expire. It would be helpful to be able to issue a DISPLAY Command (MVS Command) to request the name of the CERT a...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SYSLOGD new parm data class

For SYSLOGD a new parameter 'dataclass' under BeginArchiveParms should be available to define the dataclass for archive datasets.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Configuration Assistant: Ability to copy objects from one backing store to another.

Ability to copy objects (Stacks, rules, groups, traffic descriptions etc.) from one backing store to another. Note: this requirement split out from DW RFE 86000
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Additional variable support in Configuration Assistant

Additional variable support. Especially the ability to supply a variable address group name - such as $LPAR_Group - where $LPAR would be resolved by a Stack Symbol. note: this requirement was split out from DW RFE 86000
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SAF Resource Protection for Port 0

Create a SAF Resource or some other type of protection to protect port 0 from IDs requesting BIND / LISTEN. IDs must then be permitted the specific access to be able to do so.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration