IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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    HWTHCONN - Creation of a Customized Connect Timeout option

    Developers building new applications using z/OS HTTP/HTTPS callable services has no way to set a customizable connect timeout when calling HWTHCONN. So, when a server isn't available, the call is kept blocked until it finally timed out after 75 se...
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 3 Delivered

    CSSMTP support for RFC4954

    CSSMTP needs to support RFC4954 for TLS connectity to Microsoft Exchange servers.
    almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

    Expose IBM Z IFL Resource Assignment metrics

    PR/SM can assign IFLs across CPC Drawers which has a reported 10 to 20% performance impact. This is dynamic and may occur when PR/SM Global Optimisation executes. In order to be able to identify such an unbalanced configuration for our Production ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Delivered

    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...
    about 13 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

    OMVS GREP should support z/OS datasets

    Many OMVS commands support accessing z/OS datasets using the "//'dataset.name'" but grep is not one of them. With OMVS scripting becoming more pervasive and with the need to access z/OS datasets still a requirement, this is important.
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Delivered

    JES2 POLICY - read and use value of SYSTEM SYMBOL

    Within the new JES2 POLICY we need the possibility to read and use some SYSTEM SYMBOLS.
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

    Extend support for TR31 key blocks with key usage P0 and mode of use B to AES PINPROT keys

    About 5 years ago, I requested that you add support for mode of use B on key usage P0 key blocks, for IPINENC and OPINENC DES keys. That request was implemented, controlled by ACPs, and we have been making use of it. But that support was not exten...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Delivered

    Force HSM to reconnect active request to DS8k HMC

    Using TCT HSM sends migrate/ recall requests to the DS8k HMC using IP. In case there is a problem with this HMC, it's possible to reconfigure SMS with an alternate HMC, but the active tasks are still connected to the 'failed' HMC and never end. Fa...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Delivered

    switch from IEFUSI to SMFLIM

    Hi IBM, today we use IEFUSI to adjust Region Limit and Region Size for z/OS Address Spaces.With this Exit, we also make sure that we have a sufficiently large difference between Region Limit (LDALIMIT/LDAELIM) and Region Size (LDAVVRG/LDAEVVRG). z...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Delivered

    RACF Granular Control for encryption of basic and large format datasets

    Allow RACF Dataset Profiles with an encryption key in the DFP segment to provide a flag for whether basic or large format datasets should be encrypted.
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Delivered

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