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Allow allocation of RRSFLIST to be suppressed

RACF RRSF ALU command with AT or ONLYAT results in allocation of the RRSFLIST data set with limited naming conventions and no ability to suppress.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Add SNMP manager usage of MIBS.DATA for processing alert traps

We are running OSNMP in a started task to receive messages over port 162 from outboard hardware. Previous to z/OS 2.3 the messages come across as EBCDIC and we could use automation to create alerts for warning and critical messages. Now under z/OS...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow resetting PCI FIDS without requiring Deactivation/Activation of support paartitions.

When a PCIe FID needs to be reset it is necessary to deactivate and activate the PCIe support partition that owns the card. Other cards belonging to the same support partition are also reset even though they are still usable. This causes a disrupt...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

In RMFIII, Unable to determine CPU Service class joined an enclave that is classified into a different/lower service class

In RMFIII, Unable to determine CPU Service class joined an enclave that is classified into a different/lower service class
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 1 Future consideration

Need FTP for z/OS to support substitution for MBCS data translation

Need FTP to support substitution for MBCS data translation like SBSUB, DBSUB, and UCSSUB options.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Unable to use GDGs as output datstest for Encryption Facility for z/OS. For further details please refer to 13643,047,649

Unable to use GDGs as output dataset for Encryption Facility for z/OS. For further details please refer to 13643,047,649
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 1 Not under consideration

Allow ICSF to use a caller supplied ACEE and STOKEN on RACROUTE authorization requests

ICSF provided callable service CSFACEE to allow the requestor to supply a security environment using a RACF ENVR, to be used by ICSF when performing authorization checks rather than the default ACEE. But that does not help in environments, like Db...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Not under consideration

IDS Enhancement for nonstandard source port

We need to a way when an inbound client syn is coming in with a non-standard source port (below 1024) to be able to detect that and take action.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

VTAM-IDS : Modify DSMONITR for SLUs

We use VTAM startoption DSMONITR=YES and want to turn it off for special telnet LU's not all. That isn't possibly because the parameter DSMONITR=NO only works with PLUs. Telnet LUs are always SLUs.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Message EZY1293E INITAPI for CSKL does not include reason code ( errnojr )

We are running CICSTS5.3 I receive the following message:EZY1293E 07/17/17 07:46:05 INITAPI CALL FAILURE TRANSACTION = CSKL TASKID= 0000097L ERRNO= 156 The 156 is referring to USS but I see no further messages and the OMVS segment and directories ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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