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Communications Server

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MODIFY VTAMOPTS XCFINIT / XCFGRPID

Curious as I had been looking throughout the knowledge center and online, and did not see anything, but was wondering if there is a way to dynamically modify the VTAM start option of XCFINIT or even XCFGRPID using any command or the MODIFY VTAMOPT...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to EEDIAG

When the EEDIAG comes back with an ICMP message it would be nice if the display would show what IP address the message came from. Currently if you get say an unreachable message it could be coming from the Server, switch or router. To get this inf...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

IBM Listener Program Enhancement

Due to our needs, a performance enhancement study of IBM standard(CSKL) and enhanced(CSKE) listener programs are requested from IBM. In earlier PMRs, given the ID of 03586,001,862, we studied with Bill Kelsey from z/OS Communications Server Level ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

PAGENT allocation of unix.str file

We ask a way to specify different path where file ./unix.str created to avoid to be deleted do a /tmp cleanup for any customer need
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

VTAM display for LU6,2 LUs only

Be able to display the LU6.2 connections/LUs on an Lpar. D NET,STATS shows the total number of 6.2 connections but there isn't a command to show all of the LUs that are 6.2 w/o displaying all of the terminals.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

PBR - Maximum number of routes

Configuring PBR with Configuration Assistant for zCS the maximum number of secondari routes that you can set is seven.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

VERIFYAPPL and VTAM generic resources for TSO

Customers should be able to exploit both VTAM generic resources as well as the TSO VERIFYAPPL function to limit access by system/APPLID. Currently, if one wishes to control exactly which systems a TSO user has access to using the VERIFYAPPL keywor...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add Outbound Right Sizing Support to z/OS 2.1

Our z/OS 2.1 customer is currently experiencing degraded FTP performance over higher bandwidth/delay link. On z/OS 2.1, TCP send window for FTP on z/OS is limited to 180KB. Outbound Right Sizing (ORS) allows TCP send window for FTP to grow beyond ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

EZBRCIFR in SRB mode

We have upgraded the packet trace feature of our product to use the Real-time application-controlled TCP/IP trace NMI (EZBRCIFR). This will be of great benefit to us and to our customers. Unfortunately, EZBRCIFR returns an error if it is called in...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Add TLSMECHANISM ATTLS or FTP to the output of the LOCSTAT command in the FTP Client

Clients need to know which environment they are running in for auditing purposes.The LOCSTAT FTP Client subcommand should be enhanced to expose the TLSMECHANISM, either ATTLS or FTP.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration