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NFSv4 OPEN readforsize for READ request

The process on the NFS client stops the READ of the data because it takes too long.The reason for the long duration is the 'read for size' for the large MVS data set(20GB) during the v4OPEN compound although fastfilesize is defined..The 'read for ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Not under consideration

Common Recall Queue, Request for Enhancement

Common Recall Queue manual process of holding recall queue before you vary off local drives on specific LPAR, so the common recall queue can reach the other LPAR drives.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

TKE 8.0 is too loud

In comparision with the TKE 7.2 the TKE 8.0 is very loud, even if it is turned off. The TKE is placed in our office and the high noise level in off mode is disturbing while working.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Not under consideration

Pct busy of each type of processor on system summary report

Cust is running 2 zVM systems. One as a IFL only zVM system, the other one with CPs and ZIIPs in addition in a VM mode LPAR. Each zVM has 5 IFLs which are highly used. We use system summary (panel 35 from menu) from perfkit for "system health moni...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Turn OFF VTAM INTERNAL TRACE OPTIONS : PSS,SMS by default

High-volume TN3270 applications are negatively impacted by this internal trace with options PSS and SMS being active by default at VTAM start-up.These options (at high transaction rates), cause excessive CPU utilization in the TN3270 address space...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

LDAP zOS - internal static group lookup

Create a parameter to choose the objectclass that will be used to search in DB2 for static Groups of a user in function tdbm_get_staticgroups()
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Not under consideration

LDAP zOS - SNMP Monitoring

Implement SNMP Monitoring for directory server RFC2605
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 3 Not under consideration

ARM feature or exit to influence TARGET_SYSTEM selection

Need a way to influence the system that ARM selects for a restart. Either new function or an exit that the customer can code.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Not under consideration

Add zkey / paes support for the ZFS filesystem encryption

Canonical/Ubuntu is exploring using ZFS native encryption (without LUKS) when deploying on the ZFS Linux filesystem. ZFS is already available on Ubuntu Server for s390x. Currently with LUKS on s390x installers default to using zkey/paes if availab...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Not under consideration

Search path for DLLs in Executable

Linux has a mechanism to have a default search path embedded in an executable when it tries to load a shared library, equivalent to DLL's on z/OS, called rpath. This path takes precedence over some default search paths such as system search paths ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

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