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Enhance the NETSTAT CONN or ALLC to enable a user to see only summary counts

To enhance the NETSTAT CONN or ALLC to enable a user to see only summary counts if only the counts are needed. For example; how many sessions are established in port xxxxx; or how many are ‘established' ; how many are in ‘LastAck' etc
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

CSSMTP Customizable Codepages for zOS 1.12

CSSMTP did not support customizable Codepages, see also MR 1009091825. Beginning with zOS 1.13 customizable Codepages are available. For customers running zOS 1.12 and skipping 1.13 it is a long time from now having customizable Codepages with zOS...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP Client command LCD to be able to specify Volume/Serial of device when dataset is not cataloged.

Currently the FTP client forces the user to change directory for the ability to transfer a load module since the member name is the only allowed value on the GET, MGET, MPUT and PUT subcommands. When the source LOADLIB resides on an uncataloged FE...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

A more user friendly and capable CICS EZAC transaction

Dear Sir/Madam, As a CICS team, we strongly need to have an EZAC transaction that is also capable of listing all the listeners defined in the EZACONFG file. In the current one, we should now the LISTENER trx in order to see the deatils of it. If E...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow EE LDLC timer parms (LIVTIME SRQTIME SRQRETRY) to be coded on EE Switched Major Node Group and PU Statements.

Allow EE LDLC timer parms (LIVTIME SRQTIME SRQRETRY) to be coded on EE Switched Major Node Group and PU Statements.
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

ISPF 3.17 Unix Directory List - cannot move the MESSAGE column

Customer is trying to customize his ISPF Unix directory list to display: File name (35 chars) TYPE SIZE CHANGED_date and TIME The issue is that the MESSAGE column is part of the STATIC section of each line built by ISRUUDLD. The customer would lik...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

SUPERC and SRCHFOR should honor the configuration table values for temporary data sets.

The configuration table has the following: USE_PDFCUNIT_FOR_TEMP_ISPF_DATA_SETS PDF_DEFAULT_UNIT implying that if you set the first one to Yes, that any temporary data set will use the value from the second one. However, in SUPERC, OLDDD and NEWDD...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Options to select Ehternet Frame type for OSA : Type2 or 802.3

OSA send 802.3 ARP by default after Ethernet Type2 ARP don't get re resolved and user have no options to remove 802.3 frame.802.3 frames are not supported some latest Routers/Switches and caused a lot of error messages on the router the OSAs are c...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide a more inclusive set of translation table samples

Currently, the z/OS Communications Server product is shipped with two libraries--SEZATCPX and SEZADBCX--which provide sample translation tables which can be compiled into a binary format and provided to applications to use in translating between d...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

remove OSASF dependency on APPC

We are planning migrating RACF RRSF to TCP/IP and now Only IOASRV OSASF depends on APPC. Would it be possible to also have OSASF use TCP/IP directly. see Service Request 40852,180,000
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration