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z/OS

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Pass CA-TSS informational message to FTP user as signon

FTP users do not see informational messages (last used, password expiring, etc.) from CA-TopSecret at signon. FTP Server needs to be able to pass these messages back to user. Here's CA's comments on FTP and informational signon messages. We (CA) h...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enhance z/OS FTP to allow copying Datasets cataloged with SSA

z/OS FTP does not support to copy Datasets that are cataloged using an SSA (system specific alias). Either it does not work or a wrong dataset may be copied in certain circumstances e.g. SSAZOS.SYS1.SAMPLIB may point to a z/OS SMP Target Dataset S...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Better Auditing for IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING

IRRADU00 ACCESS SUCCESS record for calls to FACILITY IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING does not show the actual RING Name. Please require RACROUTE callers to specify a RingName that can be viewed in the IRRADU00 unloaded output. Suggestion is for use of the L...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

JES2 ePVT space requirement

We've recently upgraded to zOS 2.3, and JES2 now requires a large amount of ePVT storage. For us this posses a problem as require over 1200MB of ECSA. Currently we flip flopping applications as they are required. Is there any way to reduce the ePV...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Planned for future release

Allow PORT command to be disabled from FTP.DATA

While I understand there is a SENDPORT command to disable the sendport command for the z/OS FTP client I would prefer an option in the client's local FTP.DATA file to be simply set to disable it.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Better Alert or Avoid having a UserCatalg allocated elsewhere that in the CAS

The customer has got a problem with a UserCatalog he wanted to move, but this UserCatalog was allocatde in the *MASTER* Adress Space
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 2 Not under consideration

Insufficient information in ADR556W

During a logical copy of a mult-ivolume data set residing on both eav and non-eav volumes, to a mixture of eav and non-eav volumes, this message only provided the data set name, and that Extend Attributes were not retained.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Not under consideration

Jobs/STCs supporting multiple TCBs that have TCBSENV populated with an USER ACEE result in the SMF 14/15 records show the USER of the TCB instead of the JMRUSEID.

Currently, customers of BMC TOPAZ/HCI see the address space userid as the issuer of an OPEN/CLOSE. The suggested change will show customers the USERID of the TCB performing OPEN/CLOSE instead of the Address Space USERID. At SMF 14/15 record creati...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 0 Future consideration

LPAR Image Capacity Calculation

When we have set a value for Defined Capacity of 600, the Image Capacity shows me 600 as well. That's reasonable and is comprehensible. As we do not work with Defined Capacity anymore the Image Capacity Value changed. I have Defined Capacity of 0,...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Not under consideration

CSDFILEN support 4096 bit keys

We have a need to create 4096 bit keys. CSDFILEN does not support 4096 bit keys.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 0 Not under consideration