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Adding Virtual Appliances for the Compute Express Link ( CXL Virtual Switch Appliance) to the IBM LinuxONE

Achieving Advanced Virtual AI Data Center based on Compute Express Link Attached Devices. Please, refer to the other complementary idea "Adding Compute Express Link CXL3.0 based on PCIe6 and CXL4.0 based on PCIe7 to the IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE [ZL1...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 6 Not under consideration

Honor the MC attributes for TCT using 'HMIG' command

Currently if you use 'HMIGRATE' command, all attributes of the 'Management Class' concerning 'Transparent Cloud Tiering' are not honored.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Planned for future release

LE to surface correct information when 31/64 bit code is incorretly used via DLL

* if 31/64 bit code in intermixed in a non supported manner (DLL)* message "EDC5206S DLL module name too long" is shown * The correct information (CEE3587S A call was made to a function in the AMODE 31 DLL //FU018J from an AMODE 64 caller)surfaces...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP command optimize the default block size for PS-E.

Now DFSMSdss DUMP function makes a output dataset to DASD with half track block size (default). If using 3390 type DASD, default block size is 27998. When output dataset is Extended format (PS-E) , the system adds a 32-byte suffix to each block. S...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Message suppression of ANTP8807I

GDPS Global Mirror generates high volume of ANTP8807I messages which increases the syslog size. Please introduce a way to suppress them. Thanks.
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 2 Future consideration

SMTP exit capability to modify MAIL values for anything passing through SMTP

Currently the smtpexit can only be used to accept or reject email. My request would allow the exit to alter, not the content of the mail, but the values used to determine who the mail is originating from such as "MAIL FROM:<" values.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

XCF CDS Maxsystem Definitation

Reducing the Max system count for the XCF CDS's you can add the new CDS to the system with out a full sysplex IPL.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

REALLOCATE TEST should provide more screening for potential structure duplexing issues.

REALLOCATE TEST needs to provide additional screening for potential structure duplexing issues. For example, if a REALLOCATE is performed while a structure is in simplex mode with DUPlEX(ENABLED) . and only failed-persistent structures, the REALLO...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

I am using XVFB in the USS. I need to be able to issue HOST commands to limit hosts that can connect to XVFB.

This would let us control the Xvfb Server
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future consideration

Add Sack Flag in IPCS with SESS Option

We would like IPCS to flag 'sack' packets when using the 'SESS' option when formatting a packet trace using IPCS.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

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