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z/OS

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Need a description field for connection rules in NCA

When creating IPSEC or ATTLS rules there is no free form area of us to add information in to put in information for the rule and the title is a limited set of characters.The requirement maps give us some of that but really we need this at the LPAR...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Change Default For VSAM Files Definition Extent Constraint Removal To Yes

We experienced a major outage in a number of our critical production systems late last year due to a Db2 partition hitting max extents before it could hit the maximum defined data set size. Db2's space management algorithm was to scan the full dat...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 5 Future consideration

Enhance Health Checker by including DB2 checks (IBM Development)

Enhance Health Checker by including DB2 checks (IBM Development)
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 1 Not under consideration

Add IKEv2 Message Fragmentation support to IKED

Add support for IKEv2 Message Fragmentation to IKED as described in RFC 7383
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

PKI Exit for SCEP Requests

Implement a PKI EXIT function on pre-processing operations in pkiclient.exe before call of SCEPREQ, to turn possible customizations on SCEP Requests.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / PKI 1 Future consideration

Automount and RACF FSACCESS

When we use automount, where the policy creates a new zfs for a userid, in conjunction with RACF FSACCESS, "phantom" directories are created. It would seem more sensible that automount honours FSACCESS before the dataset is created.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Allow rexx program to insert file tailoring output lines

File tailoring skeletons allow imbedded rexx programs through the use of )REXX and )ENDREXX tags. I would like for those rexx programs to be able to insert new lines of output to the ISPFILE output, without leaving the rexx program. The rexx progr...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

z/OS - WTO/WTOR add a No-Manipulate Parameter

Hello IBM, It is a critical requirement for products such as GDPS, that messages are seen by the product. This involves a significant amount of expertise and time to check z/OS, NetView and SA components to ensure that certain messages are not man...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Not under consideration

Supply QUIESCE / RESUME command for an Application Instance VIPA

To prevent the broadcast of a Application Instance VIPA, we would like to have a similar QUIESCE / RESUME command as available for Sysplex Distributed VIPA. Example command:V TCPIP,,QUIESCE,JOBNAME=ABCDEF and to resume (broadcast the IP address) w...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Expand CFRM structure limit beyond 2048

I would like to see the CFRM policy structure limit increased beyond 2048, possibly 3072. I am pushing the 2048 limit currently.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Planned for future release

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