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CSSMTP support for RFC4954

CSSMTP needs to support RFC4954 for TLS connectity to Microsoft Exchange servers.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

More user roles & access control: predefined roles

More user roles & access control MVP1: predefined roles
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Delivered

RoCE - macvtap KVM

RoCE (macvtap KVM)
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Delivered

z/OSMF Software Install ServerPac like merge capability

Provide the ability in z/OSMF Software Install to merge like datasets (especially ISPF type datasets but also ZFS file systems and potentially others).
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Delivered

Update SYSLOGD to support sending data via TCP

We have a requirement to send SYSLOGD data to another server but we need to send it via TCP and use ATTLS to encrypt the data. The current implementation only allows for sending via UDP and doesn't allow for a different port specification.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Add GDG Extended Support to ISPF 3.2

Add the ability to specify GDG Extended keyword and define more than 255 GDG LIMIT when using ISPF 3.2 - Option V for Data Type Generation Data Group
over 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Delivered

Software Update app needs more granularity.

The Software Update app needs more granularity and options if it is ever going to be a viable alternative to the SMP/E ISPF panels. For example, the ability to select by sourceid, and the option to specify groupextend or bypass modid. Also, it wou...
11 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

The Change Mirror Time on the SE does not show what it is currently set to

The Change Mirror Time option on the SE for a z15 and z16 does not show the current time the daily mirror is already set for. It only shows the current time in the window. It would be useful to know what it is set to currently so it can be checked...

ISPF: Return ZLPDSUDA on LMMFIND

This is a straight-up Request for Enhancement Headline: Set ZLPDSUDA in ISPF LMMFIND & LMMLIST services Description: The ISPF LMMDISP, LMMFIND, and LMMLIST services each optionally return a member statistics, setting around 28 different dialog...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Delivered

vdisk as swapdisk (z/VM)

align with IBM z/VM recommendation to use vdisk as swapdisk for better performance.
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Delivered