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Communications Server

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resolver cache

Allow resolver cache to be queried before hosts tables.Current options:LOOKUP DNS LOCAL:cache, then NSINTERADDR server, then local hosts tables.LOOKUP LOCAL DNS:local hosts tables, then cache, then NSINTERADDR server. Desired new option:LOOKUP CAC...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

syslogd should include severity in logs files.

The syslogd has very limited output capabilities and is restricted on what is written to file. Currently the Severity is not available. At a minimum, we would like to see the severity be written to file instead of just used as a filter option. Ide...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add the system name to the telnet linemode header 'MVS TCP/IP TELNET CS V.R..'

Reason: IBM support reported following error message when doing ONTOP (remote access support) to our system: MVS TCP/IP TELNET CS V1R13Cannot load translate table .TELNET.TCPXLBIN : Error opening or reading data se t (8600) Cannot load translate t...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Always write a message when a Sysplex Distributed VIPA gets created

Currently a message is written if an Application Instance VIPA address gets created (EZD1205I...).At the moment only takeover messages are written for SDVIPAs (EZZ8302I '...TAKEN' & EZZ8303I '...GIVEN').A similar message should be written if a...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

IP host name in TTLS rule for Policy Agent

In TTLS Rule one may state IP addresses as policy critera, for example RemoteAddrGroupRef to provide a set of IP addresses. IP address of IP service might change without prior notice. Therefore it seems desirable to optionally specify an IP name i...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

FTP should support ISPF compression / unpack by default

In ISPF there is a possibility to set the 'PACK' option to on. If this option is set, ISPF member(s) are automatically compressed. In ISPF BROWSE or EDIT, the member(s) are showen automatically in uncompressed mode. FTP should always 'UNPACK' such...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow z/OS FTP client to choose, fix, or limit ephemeral port usage of data connection

I already knew the answer to the question ('No') but my networkign folks were pressing me for definitive documentation, so I opened an SR 92729 499 000 to ask if 1) testcase.boulder.ibm.com was limiting ports to any specific range (answer is incon...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

Add remote file name to SYSTCPSM SMF119 NMI FTP record

Only the mainframe side file name of the FTP file transfer is available in the SMF119 record provided to the SYSTCPSM NMI interface. If the file is being renamed on the FTP file transfer, the remote file name is not available in the SMF record
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

FTping failing to transfer to GDG file

Having FTP job's failing when ftping to GDG files.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Comm Server PAGENT - Add modify commands for tracing

Add a feature to PAGENT to permit CtraceClearText and Trace settings to be dynamically changed for a particular TTLSConnectionAction. This feature would require a SAF resource to permit execution of these commands.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

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