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SMF119-Domain Name

Have SMF119 record keep Domain Name of Local and Remote in the record.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Offline BER test on FICON channels

On IBM DS8K products we are able to perform an offline Bit ERror (BER) test to check a FICON link's quality while the path is offline but the cables are connected. My understanding is that this is accomplished by using idle characters being sent o...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Future consideration

Allow DHSMSHSM to set a lifecycle policy during bucket creation

We are using IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering and HSM to migrate data to the cloud. We have had instances where the migration fails, which can result in orphaned "multipart uploads in progress" on the cloud object storage. We have been manually remov...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

OSA internal clock sync with host time

I am requesting that the internal OSA clock time be synchronized with an external time source. It could be the CEC/STP time or it could be an NTP source.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Planned for future release

Enhance System SSL tracing

Enhance z/OS System SSL trace to produce a more descriptive/interpreted display of all the fields for CLIENT-HELLO and SERVER-HELLO messages instead of just a hex dump.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SSL 2 Not under consideration

Strengthen the Certificate that authenticates SMP/E Download-Servers (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com/ deliverycb-mul.dhe.ibm.com)

The Root-Certificate used to sign the Server-Certificates for the SMP/E Download Servers (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com / deliverycb-mul.dhe.ibm.com) has been created with an old SHA1 algorithm. We would like to ask, if you could create new Server-Ce...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Order/Distr/Install 1 Not under consideration

Option to include CICS JES Log / Job Log in DUMP

Option to include JES Log in DUMP. Either PERFORM DUMP or STAND ALONE DUMP. Had problem of hung CICS region; captured dump; cancelled and restarted CICS. Unfortunately; when Cancelled the Job Log apparently was purged and not SPOOLed to the archiv...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration

Provide AT-TLS capability to connect with different SNIs to same RemoteAddr

Cloud service providers can provide multiple instances of the same service behind an ingres node that can be addressed by specifying their individual virtual host names for each instance in the SNI headers (server name indicator). Multiple virtual...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

additional information for certificates in keystores

additional information for certificates in keystores (RACF, .kdb, .jks )Data-installation-fieldLast-use-date for certificatesLast-use-date for keyrings and certificates in keyrings plus SMF-records for certificates (also information in logs, cms,…...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Single IODF Activate to move a cluster from one Composite to another in the same Plex

When moving an IBM tape cluster from one tape grid to another in the same plex, have found that with a one IODF Activate that a cluster will be defined to two composite (2 grids). The cluster will not come online to the new composite. To avoid thi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support 1 Future consideration