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Comm Server does not support long symbols in z/OS V2.2

Comm Server does not support long symbols in z/OS V2.2
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

Executing REST API with JSON on Remote System Fails

Receiving reason error: The Content-Type 'null' can not be handled, 'application\/json' is expectable I get this error when I try to execute a REST API with a JSON response on a remote system. Specifying Content-Type in Header makes no difference.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Query Flash Express Storage (PAGESCM) available to an LPAR

Using z/OS 2.2 I observed that there is no attribute in the REXX interface declaration files SYS1.MACLIB(HWICIREX) or SYS1.MACLIB (HWIC2REX) that can be used to query the amount of Flash Express Storage assigned to a certain LPAR.
about 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

Auto LUN Scan

No description provided
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Delivered

Remote console access KVM

Emergency console access for "users" so KVM host console access does not need to be given
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 3 Delivered

Hipersockets

Customer especially Linux on z (not LinuxONE) customer has z/OS workload and hipersocket is recommended to connect between Linux and z/OS workload to gain better performance.
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 3 Delivered

cinder node HA - automation

Currently to manually migrate cinder node to another compute node (if need do maintenance work etc). Need automated solution.
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 3 Delivered

RMM z/OSMF Plug-in setting

I'm missing a possibility to customize the name of the REXX library containing the REXX procedure used by the plug-in. The plug-in expect that the SYS1. SEDGEXE1 exist and is available. In our installation we do a merge of some common libraries – ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Delivered

Support additional TR-31 key blocks

Our system uses ICSF, and we are working with third parties to import and export TR-31 key blocks. At least one third party so far has provided TR-31 key block examples that cannot be imported using ICSF. We would like IBM to consider relaxing som...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Delivered

A facility to serialize a VVDS during volume level functions like DEFRAG

We DEFRAG volumes on a weekly basis. For 7+ years DEFRAG would fail with MSG ADR231E due to VTOC/VVDS corruption.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Delivered