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Allow $TDESTDEF,RDEST=USER

Allow RDEST of DESTDEF to be modified dynamically. Currently it requires an all member warm start, which in many environments is just not possible so the change is impossible to make.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Additional SDSF reason codes to the client

I was trying to access the SDSF APF panel while the system was under heavy IO stress. Retrieving the data for the panel failed with: ISF452E SDSFAUX communications failed, return code 0x00000004, reason code 0x0036080F, function "query APF". Inter...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration

Additional C functions for Linux portability

Add strnlen and wcsnlen (as on Linux) to the C runtime library.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

In SDSF ULOG, the commands history list should be enhanced to display the result based on the using frequency

It will become smarted based on the user behavior.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

HTTP/HTTPS Protocol Enabler permit double quotes in cookies

The HTTP/HTTPS enabler needs to be more lenient with cookie values that contain double quotes. RFC 6265 section 4.1 does state that DQUOTES are not permitted in the Set-Cookie response header but then section 5.2 documents a more permissive algori...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

IBM z SDN and SD-WAN with 5G Networking and Slicing traffic

1- Adding SD-WAN to IBM Z Networking 2- Adding 5G Networking with Slicing Traffic 3- Adding NVMe over TCP/IP connectivity 4- Adding AI in Edge Computing based on Intel IPU (Infrastructure Processing Unit) and Nvidia DPU (Data Processing Unit) 5- U...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 5 Future consideration

List of restricted words in password rules

There are some obvious passwords that are very easy to guess, and is important to avoid using them. The idea is to have a list of restricted words that cannot be part of a password and that RACF will not accept. This list must be configurable t...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

JES2 Policy to examine the job card time parameter

We use the job card TIME parameter to assign a job class so the ability to read the value will simplify our ability to reduce/eliminate JES exits.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Enhance IAZ0543I informational message

Any application doing a socket call to bind or connect to a IP address, or to get a port number from the TCPIP stack during startup can fail with LE's error message "EDC8116I Address Not Available" for the errno. It's up to the application to prov...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF NCA - Install Multiple - add Prologue comment capability

The Install Multiple feature is fantastic but lacks the ability to add a comment to the installed configuration prologue.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

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