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Increase the 1024 entry hard limit for CDT entries

Currently, there is a documented hard limit of 1024 CDT entries (ICHRRCDX entries+ICHRRCDE entries+CDT definitions) Right now, if you reach that limit, your only option is to delete some class definitions to make room for new ones. I've reached th...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Upgrade LibreSSL version to latest under z/OS 3.1 is possible.

As seen via the ssh -V command => OpenSSH_8.4p1, LibreSSL 3.0.2 This version of LibreSSL is not compatible with the latest OpenSSL 3.0 that was installed on an AIX server and that broke an existing CICS application's TCPIP socket connection to ...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Under review

see if it is possible to fix hangs in apf and non apf tso and rexx scripts

TS014956323 Problem has been seen on both z/OS 2.4 and z/OS 2.5 and z/OS 3.1 and with either svc or linkage=system DEQ and takes from about 4 to 15 runs to recreate in batch rexx/uss.The recreation occurs with PGM=IKJEFT1A and we are executing an ...
4 months ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Under review

Enable sftp to work with z/OS datasets and with Text data

With the introduction of DSFS it is now very possible for users to use sftp to access z/OS datasets however since sftp only supports binary transfers that precludes using sftp for source code or data. Enabling sftp to access z/OS datasets directly...
4 months ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 6 Under review

Modify IKJPARS so that the parse service routine obtain storage above the line

DFSMSrmm is not able to load a large defaults table. DFSMSrmm is abending with S878 and in some cases DFSMSrmm can't be restartet and an IPL is needed. See the details in case TS016867492. We have converted a retention file with 13.300 entries to ...
3 months ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Under review

Open source z/OS: project OS/3

Project summary: fork z/OS into an upstream that is released as open source under the name OS/3. Why?: To bring the mainframe to the home. Big Picture: There is another project that started as weird niche enterprise software that computer science ...
3 months ago in z/OS / General 0 Under review

Is IBM health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED still required under zOS v3.1 ?

Now that DFSMStvs is included in the base install of zOS v3.1, health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED excepts as it now finds the product installed but not enabled. I suspect the majority of zOS customers do not enable this now free product? so would ha...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 2 Under review

SE workload migration

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9 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Under review

load balancer at infrastructure layer

load balancer at infrastructure layer
9 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Under review

Swagger ui front end portal

The ability to fully "brand" the Web UI
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Under review

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