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CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS. Our Security Department requires any Mail Sender to identify itself via 'Simple Authentication and Security Layer' (SASL). Three SASL Methods would fulfill that requirement: a) Method PLAIN. A M...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration

Configure OSA 5S outside of HMC

OSA 5S cards can only be configured from the HMC, which is traditionally a CE roll. CEs generally are not familiar with having to code OSA card parameters such as loading the SNA microcode on an OSA card. Mainframe networking support team does not...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 7 Future consideration

Allow reuse for VSAM file opened in RLS mode

To be able to use REPRO with the REUSE option against a VSAM file that is opened in RLS mode
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

Add DTLS Support for Enterprise Extender

We would like to see if DTLS could be added in Enterprise Extender so we could use SSL with UDP.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Provide REST API for Software Update Plugin

Please provide a REST API that will provide subset of functionality for performing automated updates.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Expand RACF resource OPERCMDS MVS.VARY.WLM to improve protection of WLM application-environments

V WLM,APPLENV=<name>,refresh|quiesce|resume command can be protected by OPERCMDS MVS.VARY.WLM resource. If a userID has this resource permitted, he can issue the "v wlm,applenv..." commands to every application-environment with any operation...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 0 Future consideration

Provide JES2 health check to show when init parms do not match currently active parms

We have a number of JES2 environments which have evolved over time. Due to consolidation, acquisitions and simplification, JES2 init parms may have been modified without the active environment being updated. With many parameters, a JES2 warm start...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Remove requirement for SZERO=YES

When VSAM was first introduced, the only way, without requiring changes to every ATTACH in the address space, to share user storage was to use subpool zero. Sharing subpool zero has unintended consequences for a task that (ABENDed) ended without f...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 1 Future consideration

Add more specific archiving policies or workflows

By creating archiving concepts for configuration items, a viable archiving policy is mandatory. Today you have to choose between retention days (x)or a specified number of copies to keep. This forces the user to choose between two different types ...
11 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

Extension of the audit feature to cover individual content and download

Auditing is an important feature of IBM Change Tracker. Today, audits logs can be displayed manually by the Change Tracker Auditor. The audit information will be displayed by selecting menu icon on the corresponding dataset and click the “View Aud...
11 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

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