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NFS Server Tracing Check using MVS Health Checker

Our company uses zNFS to facilitate data transfers between z/OS and AIX servers. Our zNFS servers always used to run with the default CTINFS00 settings: Info, Warning, Error, and FFDC (mode="ON"). Following a recent incident in our production envi...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Not under consideration

NFS Server Enhanced Activity Display

Our company uses zNFS to facilitate data transfers between z/OS and AIX servers. Currently, when problems arise, the zNFS server starts to loop. We have very limited real-time display commands available to determine the root cause of the problem. ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Not under consideration

Regular Expression Matching for CMS/TSO Pipelines

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057091User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96029Title: Regular Expression Matching for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel G...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Restricting telnet access to specific users via RACF

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR081506624User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR081506624Title: Restricting telnet access to specific users via RACFSubmitted By: Francois Lafreniere/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: NS Software SupportFPOC: Daniel Gr...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

VM firewall software

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0220132327User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0220132327Title: VM firewall softwareSubmitted By: Francois Lafreniere/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: NS Software SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted ...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Integrated 3270 Console support for 3270 data streams longer than XFA0

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0530071317User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0530071317Title: Integrated 3270 Console support for 3270 data streams longer than XFA0Submitted By: Kurt Acker/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VMFPOC: Daniel Grif...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Autoreserve BPXPRM INADDRANYPORTS

In BPXPRMXX you can specify INADDRANYPORT which is used for bind calls. The stack has no indication that these ports have been reserved for this use and you can put a port definition in place without error. however when you attempt to use the port...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Order of mdisk allocation in the upgrade installation method

The procedure used in the upgrade installation method should FIRST allocate the biggest MDISKs. DIRMAINT might be unable to allocate MDISKs if not doing so whereas the total amount of available disk space is large enough..
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

TN3270 access to require user logon to capture user credentials

We'd like TN3270 access to capture a user's security credentials (logon). Tracking users after a TN3270 connection is extremely difficult. We'd like the ability to have their Id available at connection time.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

dfhsm HRecover

DFHSM currently allows HRECOVER commands to be issued on a d/s or per volume basis. Rqmnt: Provide the capability to use dfhsm HRECOVER command to recover an entire Storage Group with a single command.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

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