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Communications Server

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Turn OFF VTAM INTERNAL TRACE OPTIONS : PSS,SMS by default

High-volume TN3270 applications are negatively impacted by this internal trace with options PSS and SMS being active by default at VTAM start-up.These options (at high transaction rates), cause excessive CPU utilization in the TN3270 address space...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

z/OS v1.13 EREP full with tracewrt getbuff entries

z/OS v1.13 EREP full with tracewrt getbuff entries :The z/OS EREP buffer size was probably unchanged for the past 15 years. It can not handle today's high rate of erep entries.EREP should be enhanced to be able to handle it.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

Wildcard Display for NETSTAT,DEV and OSAINFO INTERFACE NAMEs

Add a wildcard option to netstat,dev and osainfo displays for INTFN
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP Delete with the Purge option

We need the ability to delete datasets where the EXPDT has not expired from within FTP. Such as the Purge option on the IDCAMS Delete command.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Permit multiple TCPIP configuration libraries at startup

currently our VTAMLST DD in our NET PROC has multiple libraries,the first of which is named SYS1.lpar.VTAMLST.ALT followed by SYS1.lpar.VTAMLST. THis allows us to but a new version of a VTAMLST member ahead of the current version with having to pe...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 9 Not under consideration

EZD1182I TARGET SERVER FOR 10.6.9.225 port nnnn not responsive

EZD1182I TARGET SERVER FOR 10.6.9.225 PORT 03174 AT TCPIP ON OS36 IS NOT RESPONSIVE - TCSR 100 CER 0 SEF 0TARGET SERVER FOR 10.6.9.225 PORT 00021 AT TCPIP ON OS25 IS NOT RESPONSIVE - TCSR 100 CER 100 SEF 0issued as information, but indicative of a...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Common Policy/LPAR Specific Policy

Allow common policy to be shared across multiple LPARS whileallowing for unique stack specific policies.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Return Policy Agent data via the NMI

The NMI currently has a facility to receive PAPI performance data. I am requesting the Policy agent data similar to data returned when entering the "omvs paseach" command. I would like get the policy actions, rules, QOS rules etc.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

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

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