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z/VM Lowercase login passwords

Due to internal rules, customer needs to use lower case and upper case combinations in the z/VM users logon password. They are aware that it can be done by installing RACF, but they think it is very complex and expensive to install RACF only to ha...
almost 6 years ago in z/VM 3 Not under consideration

Support for FTP client mutual SSL authentication

Please allow the z/VM FTP client to support mutual SSL authentication
almost 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Enable CFVM Thin Interrupts for shared ICFs

When sharing a physical ICF between real CF LPARs and a VM-mode LPAR (for use by CFVMs), the real CF LPARs can set the dynamic dispatch mode to "Thin Interrupt" to reduce ICF usage by any particular LPAR. z/VM use of an ICF in a CF Virtual Machine...
almost 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

CP SEND to CONMODE 3270 guest

CP SEND needs to work with guests using TERMINAL CONMODE 3270. If I have to construct the 3270 Datastream input message myself for CP SEND to work correctly, that's fine; that even adds flexibility because I could simulate different AID keys if ne...
about 6 years ago in z/VM 3 Not under consideration

CMSSTOR macro support relative addressing instructions

Change the inline re-entrant expansion form of the CMSSTOR macro to use relative addressing, thereby eliminating the need for a base register in the CSECT. The sequence of CNOP 0,4 / LA R1,*+8 (Plist address) / BC 15,Around_Plist / (inline_plist) ...
about 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Increase sysout of TRSOURCE

System: zVM Actor: System Programmer needing to trace Description: We have a large data stream via UDP Multicast and eventually when we use TRSOURCE we can not even capture 10 seconds of data due to limiting the size of the buffer. We need an alte...
about 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

zVM with more logs - more verbose

System: zVM Actor: System Description: We have recently discovered that vswitch is discarding many packets when its buffer bursts, however, this has not been alarmed anywhere. We need the system to be able to send these and other network error mes...
about 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Capacity to configure and monitor vswitch buffer

System: zVM Actor: System Programmer needing to monitor and manager the size of vswitch. Description: We have a large data stream via UDP Multicast and we find that vswitch is discarding packets when your buffer fills. We need to have the capacity...
about 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

z/OS Sysplex accross z/VM SSI members

The current design of z/VM allows a Sysplex to be set up on one z/VM environment and cannot be spread between different members of a SSI. RFE opened for requesting a solution for running a z/OS Sysplex across the systems of a z/VM Cluster.
over 6 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

Allow PAV alias addresses in subchannel sets other than 0

PAVs must current be in subchannel set 0. We have a shortage of LCUs and would like to match the z/OS configurations.
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Planned for future release