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LE Callable Service for RegEx

RegEx is a basic service to validate that a string is a regular expression. It's been implemented in Java, C, C#, perl, and many others. It's used in ISPF. It even has a Wikipedia entry. It's not available in COBOL. Take the best implementation, e...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Request for keepalive functionality to be added to LDAP

We would like a keepalive functionality to be added to LDAP that will give LDAP admins the ability to control how long an idle connection is kept open without being automatically closed by the server.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 1 Future consideration

Enable DIAGxx operator command parameter modification function

The ability to be able to issue an Operator command would enable real-time dynamic modification to the individual DIAGxx parameters without the need (or permission/authority) to update a PARMLIB member. This would also enable automation code (Rexx...
9 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Not under consideration

SKRBKDC: Support for switching off Replay Detection

We've an application on OSCP. Our security policy says that from docker against z/OS Kerberos have to bee used for authentication. Actually, per server are multiple instances of docker running / per docker multiple threads. Each thread goes agains...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Network Authentication Service 2 Future consideration

Provide support function for coordinating out-of-band access to data sets

IBM provides a function called "zdsfs" for Linux on z Systems that can be used to directly read certain types of z/OS data sets located on dedicated DASDs shared between z/OS and Linux LPARs. As this access currently occurs without explicit coordi...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 1 Not under consideration

Allow passphrases on a line mode logon to TSO

Currently passphrase support is enabled only for Full screen logon mode to TSO. Please enable passphrase support for line mode logon, (for customized IKJEFLD1 that switches of Full screen mode flag).
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

NFS : add official support for UNC paths from Windows clients

we are using NFS on z/OS2.4. We finished a migration project from DFS to NFS because DFS is no longer supported in z/OS.2.4. Our clients are NFS version3 clients on Windows servers and workstations accessing z/OS NFS by using kerberos. Our Windows...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 0 Future consideration

VIEW should have the same support as BROWSE for working with OPEN data sets

We are using ISPF VIEW to filter events in an open LDAP LOG data set (in use by LDAP) for example.After a certain runtime from LDAP, and using ISPF VIEW to filter messages, VIEW terminates with I/O error during opening the LOG.ISPF BROWSE is getti...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to create only the volume label on a DASD volume using ICKDSF

We have seen occasions where something is overwriting just the volume label on cylinder 0, track 0 but the remaining data on the volume remains in tact. This causes the volume to be inaccessible along with all of the data on it. There should be a ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF 3 Functionality already exists

PDSE resource contention in a multi-tasking TSO BATCH environment

This is a former DCR MR0923135057 issued on 23th September 2013 and public RFE of private RFE 47867. According IBM this is already in implementation of next z/OS release. Under the existing z/OS architecture accessing a PDSE resource in a multi-ta...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Future consideration

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