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TCP/IP leaves the group EZBTCPCS with the message *EZZ9676E and It is not able to rejoin it again.

After a lack of ECSA in a member of a 4-way sysplex, TCP/IP leaves it with the message *EZZ9676E and It is not able to rejoin the XCF group again.Even when we have GLOBALCONFIG SYSPLEXMONITOR AUTOREJOIN options active and the problem that caused t...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 13 Not under consideration

Additional Information needed in VTOC Summary Display

In ISPF 3.4 one can Display the VTOC summary by using the Option "V".When using EAV volumes, it is not possible to evaluate the usage of the cylinder managed space distinct from the track managed space. there are values for- full volume size in tr...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Future consideration

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS. Our Security Department requires any Mail Sender to identify itself via 'Simple Authentication and Security Layer' (SASL). Three SASL Methods would fulfill that requirement: a) Method PLAIN. A M...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration

Override CFRM preference list on the SETXCF START command

Whenever there is the need of reallocating structures over the CFs available on a Sysplex the command SETXCF START,REBUILD,STRNAME is used. This command if used with the option LOC=OTHER will honor the CFRM preference list on the active policy. Th...
6 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

Ways needed to change single options of IEAOPT

We need a way to set single options out of the scope of IEAOPTxx member without overwriting all the other options. There should either be a command "SETOPT option=value" that only changes the specified option. Or "SET OPT=xx" should only change th...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 2 Future consideration

[zOSMF] Setting the threshold in Resource Monitor

I want to threshold monitoring using the resource monitor.In the current function, difficult to understand confirming whether or not the value is appropriate. When I did the demonstration of resource monitor for customers, we got opinions, such as...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RMF 3 Future consideration

SMF Subtype reporting

z/OS 2.4 offers new way of reporting SMF subtypes. It provides a report on record type and subype. However, it would be nice, if this report would show how many record type and subtype records were produced per System. This functionality can be ac...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Future consideration

Enhanced SETIOS Function to Perform Freeze

Hyperswap verifications with the new SETIOS-function work very well. But this works for Unplanned Hyperswaps only, not for a Freeze.It would be very helpful when a similar command is available for the verification on the Secondary DASD (e.g. "SETI...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 18 Planned for future release

zCX: Provide Sysplex Distributor Support for High Availability

Currently zCX only supports Dynamic VIPAs, no Sysplex Distributor support is available. In case of a Docker Swarm, or even a Single zCX Container within one zCX, there is a timing window in that the application within the Container is not availabl...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 5 Future consideration

zOSMF Enforce Default save location for all workflows

There is no possibility to define or enforce a default save location for all users. Each User can save a workflow to any location where he/she was write access to. As this can produce a complete mess and no one have an overview about all workflows...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

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