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VARY SYNTAXCHECK for OMPROUTE configuration file

OMPROUTE had failed with the following configuration statements:; Interface IP_Address=a.b.c.d Name=interface1 Subnet_Mask=255.255.255.0 Destination_Addr=0.0.0.0 RIP_Interface IP_Address=a.b.c.* Name=dummy Subnet_Mask=255.255.255.224 EZZ7830I SYNT...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

SMF92 record remount in correct mode

The product only writes out the remount SMF record during the unmount portion and does not write another record after it is mounted again. This means that the mode in the record does not necessarily reflect the correct mode in effect after the rem...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Provide capability to capture hardware events for Coupling Facility problem diagnosis

When customers experience adverse performance results when moving workloads to a new IBM Z hardware architecture, for a z/OS operating system, the z/OS Hardware Instrumentation Service captures hardware event data into SMF type 113 records which a...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Parallel Sysplex 0 Future consideration

Apply RACF Conditional ACL only when in MFA fallback mode

When Using MFA, RACF conditional access lists should have the option to be applied only when the user is being authenticated in password fallback (PWFALLBACK) mode – in this case, to limit access to a terminal name prefix. (Ross Cooper suggested I...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

z/VM TCPIP utilities (PING FTP TELNET TRACERTE) use the first address returned from a DNS server. This may be an IPV6 address - if the originating system is only IPV4 the result is "EDC8118I Network is unreachable". This can be bypassed by using the ADDRTYPE arg but we would prefer smarter DNS lookup. z/OS and zLinux handle this without using ADDRTYPE.

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about 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

ISPF STATS Stuck at 01.99

When a PDS/PDSE member VV.MM reaches 01.99, the stats stop incrementing and get stuck at 01.99. When 01.99 is reached can the VV be incremented to 02 and the MM be reset to 00 and continue updating up to the limit of VV.MM, then reset back to 01.0...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

TESTAUTH for 64 Bit addressing mode

The TESTAUTH functionality should also support programs with 64-bit addressing.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Support creating PDSE V2 data sets in FTP Server SITE and Client LOCSITE command

Much to my chagrin, I found that I could not create a PDSE V2 data set using the available parameters in the SITE command, rather only a PDSE V1. I had to use the rather roundabout way of using DFDSS unload, FTP the unload file, then DFDSS reload.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

RACF Read only auditor at group level

ROAUDIT is system level only. We need to be able to narrow the scope.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Make it easier to enabe FTP clients for AT-TLS, in environments that have a variety of FTP servers

For environments where z/OS FTP client users have to connect to a variety of different FTP servers - especially those that are managed by organizations outside of my enterprise - the need to change AT-TLS policy in order to protect the FTP connect...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration