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Add MVS system symbolic support to FTP.DATA

Please consider adding MVS system symbolic support to FTP.DATA.
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Preserve High Level Qualifiers when BCPii issues a Dump

Do not overwrite the first parm in DYNDUMP! Default is *USERID, but if an installation has set a different HLQ, leave that HLQ alone! You can overwrite the rest of the DYNDUMP options, but NEVER the HLQ that is set.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_BCPii 0 Future consideration

Request to add timeout functionality to synchronous binds

Our client would like to put a timeout parameter in on the z/OS client side and are trying to understand if that's possible. They are using GLD.SGLDHDRC(LDAP) to compile their C routine and are wondering if there is anything equivalent to the LDAP...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

Create an easy interface to send commands from MVS RACF to z/VM RACF

I would like a handy interface to help keep z/VM RACF databases in sync with my z/OS RACF databases. My initial thought was why not just have z/VM RACF support RRSF? A conversation with Bruce Wells helped me understand why that would be easier sai...
over 8 years ago in z/VM 2 Functionality already exists

Add Support for RFC 3522 - Unnecessary Loss Recovery

The Eifel detection algorithm (RFC 3522) allows a TCP sender to detect a posteriori whether it has entered loss recovery unnecessarily.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

System symbolic support for EZABROWS to allow for system name support

Syslogd syslog.conf supports system symbolics when defining the files for syslogd to write to. EZABROWS should also support system symbolics when reading the syslog.conf. This would allow one syslog.conf file to be used in the sysplex and have EZA...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Option to disable TCPIP command output echo in JESMSGLG

Provide a way to configure TCPIP to not duplicate output from display commands into the JESMSGLG DD for my started task. This could be an optional parameter to disable that echoing of command/output. Example - if I do a D TCPIP,,N,DEV command from...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide a less FORCEful command to deallocate PFIDs.

We recently had an issue with zEDC, see TS004212422, where we needed to deallocate and allocate a PFID from use. As documented in sg24-8259, we had to use CF PFID(xxxx),OFFLINE,FORCE to deallocate the PFID. In my 40 year career, commands with FORC...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Improve CSM Administrative Usability (settings, monitoring and tuning)

This requirement describes the need to improve various usability aspects of managing z/OS CS CSM storage, in terms of CSM settings, monitoring and tuning. Setting the appropriate values for CSM settings (vs. using system defaults) for a z/OS syste...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Fail to open RRDS (V) in C language program

It is failed to open a RRDS(V: variable record length), would you share me some experience on this, or help me to know what's wrong and how to deal with it? The "C" program is submitted through a JCL job in MVS. And someone else met with a similar...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 5 Not under consideration