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zCX - Enable WLM to manage containers running within a single zCX STC

When running a zCX address space hosting many application containers in it, it shall be possible to manage the workload with WLM. Otherwise I cannot benefit from hosting many applications within once zCX address space.
10 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

zERT - Support Filtering zCX traffic

A zERT rule must be able to manage and handle traffic targeting a docker container within zCX to align enforcement of used ciphers. zERT offers the great capabilities to manage which ciphers can be used but a running zCX remains being a black box ...
10 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

System wide System SSL Settings

We would like the ability to set system wide System SSL settings at IPL time. We would like a configuration, where we can permanently disable legacy SSL settings (protocols, ciphers, ecurves, keysizes, etc.). Currently, it is up to each Applicatio...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SSL 1 Future consideration

zERT - Allow Exclude IPs from Reports

For some Reports like "show unencrypted communications" it would reduce the List if we can exclude some ip addresses. Even the "local IP" 127.0.0.1 should be excludable The same situation, when server ip and client ip are equal.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Future consideration

Change space units for GIMUNZIP new allocation

After installing z/OS V2R5 via z/OSMF ServerPac PSI, the target and distribution non-VSAM data sets (PDS and PDSE) were allocated by "bytes" unit instead of traditional "tracks" or "cylinders", which made it difficult to measure the size of data s...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Add connection pooling support to the web enablement toolkit

We would like to have a connection option that could be specified by using the HWTHSET service. This option would allow applications to enable connection pooling. We are already taking advantage of similar functionality on CICS where we are using ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

The access control check for services, keys or cryptoz resources should be postponed until after the security product has initialized.

We've changed our ICSF startup to an 'early startup' by setting system parameters ICSFPROC=ICSF and ICSF=xx. We're now noticing the following messages during startup that weren't there before : CSFM012I NO ACCESS CONTROL AVAILABLE FOR CRYPTOZ RESO...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Write message from JES2 policy to joblog

JES2 policies can be used to force installation requirements like accouting information.The user should be informed that the job does not meet the guidelines especially if it is canceled by a poicy. And a good place to do this is joblog.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Integrate z/OS REXX StreamIO into base z

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR062511463User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE03020Title: Integrate z/OS REXX StreamIO into base z/OS productSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Future consideration

Add SSI 82 functions to return current values of items in DEF parms

We recently dropped all direct control block access (using an offset table) in a product, switching to SSI 82 ("the supported way"). This created an issue with one customer, who was depending on the value we returned for the spool volume prefix. I...
6 months ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration