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Policy Based Routing to work for Sysplex Distributor traffic and VIPAROUTE

Let's say I have two Sysplex Distributor LPARs in the same Sysplex. I would like traffic that comes into S:D1 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over one set of OSA and traffic that comes into S:D2 to use VIPAROUTE and flow over a different set of OSAs. I ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

IPCS trace formatter tally trace entry counts are incorrect, turns out that they're n/a for certain traces

Request: either remove the Tally report section for SYSTCPDA and SYSTCPOT traces or add verbiage stating that it is not applicable to those traces. Client observation: The interactive IPCS trace formatter "Tally" report section does not tally the ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

In z/OSMF z/OS Operator Console and Settings System it is impossible to remove a Lpar.

I would like to request a mechanism for permanently remove systems. From PMR 01142,420,631 created in 18/12/03 the Development's view the results of remove a Lpar in z/OSMF are expected with current design. Their recommendation is to open a RFE to...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Diagnostic information needed if Global Recovery runs for more than a second

Global Recovery is a process within supervisor services that runs on a single logical CPU in a z/OS system while all other logical CPU's are set to run a spin loop. The purpose is to verify some trigger-specific control blocks or control block cha...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 3 Future consideration

CEEDUMP truncated names of entry points

When forming CEEDUMP truncated the names of the entry points. Printed only the first 64 characters. CEEDUMP must contain a fully qualified entry point names.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

Enhance RACFVARS for the STARTED class so I can use variables anywhere

Please enhance RACFVARS so that I can code something like &ENV in the first qualifier of the started class profile and have the next char after the variable name be another char.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Z/OSMF Email Notification facility

The Z/OSMF email notification facility uses smtp along with a userid and password,We do not use smtp for our email.we use Outgoing mail transfer agent (MTA): mta.kp.orgPort: 25We don't use any USERID/Password to connect to the MTA and we don't use...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

DFSMSHSM - remove reliance on ML1 for VTOC backups

We are no longer using migration level 1 for migrated data so we want to remove all ML1 volumes, however these are still required for VTOC backups. We do not see a need for VTOC backups as we would never use them for recovery but there does not ap...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Ability to recover unsucessful save of z/OS CA BackingStore

The z/OSMF Configuration Assistant needs the ability to recover unsuccessfully stored BackingStore files. In the event of a write failure while saving the backingStore, there is no method to recover the changes that were made prior to the save.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP multiple listening ports

FTP-Enable ability to Listen on multiple ports using ONE(1) started task
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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