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RACF interface to PAGENT to allow users to access pagent defined resources

When we are in our disaster recovery environment we have users that access it via vpn. We block most ip addresses unless they tell us to add it to pagent. One user had a different ip addr each time he logged in and had to contact us to add it to t...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Option for LOCATE edit macro command to modify .ZCSR

After locating a specific line using edit macro command LOCATE NEXT/PREV/FIRST/LAST, variable .ZCSR is not changed to reflect the location of the line (if found). This form of LOCATE has therefore limited value. ISPF should provide an option to se...
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

DSLIST, line cmd I creates enq which could contention and outages.

In ISPF 3.4, the line command "I" when used for VSAM List catalog information creates an enqueue on the dataset which is released when the user has finished examining the output. In the case in the attached file, this was a SYS1.MANx VSAM dataset....
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

Improve diagnostic information returned for ISPP168 panel error

If making numerous changes to a panel source and a syntax error is introduced, ISPF issues this in ISPDPTRC trace (trace tool of choice):ISPP168 - Panel 'ADBPEQB' error Invalid IF keyword operator found. Accurate and helpful but it would be nice t...
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Add LDAP CDP Server and OCSP support to NSSD

Add OCSP and LDAP support for certificate revocation checking in NSSD
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Policy Based Routing to work for Sysplex Distributor traffic and VIPAROUTE

Let's say I have two Sysplex Distributor LPARs in the same Sysplex. I would like traffic that comes into S:D1 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over one set of OSA and traffic that comes into S:D2 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over a different set of OSAs. I ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Enhance RACFVARS for the STARTED class so I can use variables anywhere

Please enhance RACFVARS so that I can code something like &ENV in the first qualifier of the started class profile and have the next char after the variable name be another char.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Z/OSMF Email Notification facility

The Z/OSMF email notification facility uses smtp along with a userid and password,We do not use smtp for our email.we use Outgoing mail transfer agent (MTA): mta.kp.orgPort: 25We don't use any USERID/Password to connect to the MTA and we don't use...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

Ability to recover unsucessful save of z/OS CA BackingStore

The z/OSMF Configuration Assistant needs the ability to recover unsuccessfully stored BackingStore files. In the event of a write failure while saving the backingStore, there is no method to recover the changes that were made prior to the save.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP multiple listening ports

FTP-Enable ability to Listen on multiple ports using ONE(1) started task
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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