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Communications Server

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Enhance the NETSTAT CONN or ALLC to enable a user to see only summary counts

To enhance the NETSTAT CONN or ALLC to enable a user to see only summary counts if only the counts are needed. For example; how many sessions are established in port xxxxx; or how many are ‘established' ; how many are in ‘LastAck' etc
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

CSSMTP Customizable Codepages for zOS 1.12

CSSMTP did not support customizable Codepages, see also MR 1009091825. Beginning with zOS 1.13 customizable Codepages are available. For customers running zOS 1.12 and skipping 1.13 it is a long time from now having customizable Codepages with zOS...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP Client command LCD to be able to specify Volume/Serial of device when dataset is not cataloged.

Currently the FTP client forces the user to change directory for the ability to transfer a load module since the member name is the only allowed value on the GET, MGET, MPUT and PUT subcommands. When the source LOADLIB resides on an uncataloged FE...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

A more user friendly and capable CICS EZAC transaction

Dear Sir/Madam, As a CICS team, we strongly need to have an EZAC transaction that is also capable of listing all the listeners defined in the EZACONFG file. In the current one, we should now the LISTENER trx in order to see the deatils of it. If E...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow EE LDLC timer parms (LIVTIME SRQTIME SRQRETRY) to be coded on EE Switched Major Node Group and PU Statements.

Allow EE LDLC timer parms (LIVTIME SRQTIME SRQRETRY) to be coded on EE Switched Major Node Group and PU Statements.
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Options to select Ehternet Frame type for OSA : Type2 or 802.3

OSA send 802.3 ARP by default after Ethernet Type2 ARP don't get re resolved and user have no options to remove 802.3 frame.802.3 frames are not supported some latest Routers/Switches and caused a lot of error messages on the router the OSAs are c...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide a more inclusive set of translation table samples

Currently, the z/OS Communications Server product is shipped with two libraries--SEZATCPX and SEZADBCX--which provide sample translation tables which can be compiled into a binary format and provided to applications to use in translating between d...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

remove OSASF dependency on APPC

We are planning migrating RACF RRSF to TCP/IP and now Only IOASRV OSASF depends on APPC. Would it be possible to also have OSASF use TCP/IP directly. see Service Request 40852,180,000
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enable FTP to optionally treat a 'LF' as a 'CRLF' for inbound data

Currently, FTP (client and server) provide configuration options allowing users to specify what characters should be used to terminate records for outbound data. These are the SBSENDEOL and MBSENDEOL configuration statements, allowing a user to te...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP/SSL client can pull the CA from the FTP/SSL server

Today z/os FTPS client gets the public Cert (CA) from the FTPS server when it connects. If the CA is not in the RACF database (or keyring) it rejects the connection with an appropriate error message. Other platforms and SSL products, such as https...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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