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Communications Server

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Provide some figures on OSA interface usage / utilization

Provide some OSA interface / port statistics about bandwidth usage and utilization which can be queried by NETSTAT command e.g. D TCPIP,,OSAINFO,INTFNAME=LNKGE00 The figures should display values for - highest peak (bandwidth usage since last acti...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enable the z/OS FTP Client program to recognize and make use of multiple IP addresses in the answer from a DNS name query

z/OS FTP Client program should have a configuration parameter in FTP.DATA to enable the program to recognize and make use of multiple IP addresses present in the answer from a DNS name query. Currently, the FTP Client uses only the first IP addres...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

IPSEC -y output does not include the ID generation number for ParentIKETunnelID that is associated with the TunnelID

Because IKE / ISAKMP SAs can refresh and expire while Protocol SAs (Phase2 SAs) are associated with them, there can be confusion was to what ParentIKETunnelID are being used. So I would like to see that not only the ParentIKETunnelID be included i...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Update the D STOR,,TCPIP command to reflect CTRACE Bufsize for CTRACES SYSTCPIP and SYSTCPDA, etc.

The output of command D TCPIP,,STOR, at v1r13, displays the CTRACE size only. It does not reflect the amount of storage currently in use for each of the CTRACE options. This information is misleading as the current, maximum and limit never change....
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

VIT CIA (ODPK,PKI/PKO/MPDU) trace converter

VTAM Internal Trace Option CIA traces the DLC Layer of a z/OS LPAR. As such the first couple of bytes of all inbound and outbound IP packets are traced in PKI/PKO, ODPK or MPDU trace entries. The trace formatter shipping with VTAM (ISTRAFT1 or IPC...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP server configuration display

Provide an ftp server command to display the current configuration. Same as "d tcpip,,n,config" only for the ftp server.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Change Health Checker facility in z/OSMF

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0313145836User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0313145836Title: Change Health Checker facility in z/OSMF Configuration Assistant to do a before and after comparisonSubmitted By: Richard D Davis/UK/IBMOriginator...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Add ability for VTAM to destroy and rebuild dynamically built TRLEs

VTAM should have the ability to destroy dynamically-built TRLEs and replace them with newly-built ones when a configuration change demands it.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Infoprint blank in recipient addresses

For sendmail to accept recipient addresses with blank we have to add the character " at the beginning and at the end of the recipient address. for example : "paris bp21 expl mf network"@bnpparibas.com works with sendmail. Our problem is that infop...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

rsh should accept parameter-orders in the same way as on z/OS 1.4 and earlier.

As described on PMR 08674,693,760, rsh command of z/OS 1.7 doesn't accept "rsh -l user_name server_name" because of the re-writing of rsh command, however it was accepted on z/OS 1.4 and earlier. Therefore, rsh command should change to accept the ...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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