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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories Communications Server
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 8, 2025

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Allow System Symbols in PAGENT Konfiguration files

Currently, it is not possible to use system symbols in the PAGENT configuration files.  It would be advantageous if it were possible to use system symbols in the configuration to identify system specific configuration files.  This is important when the configuration is held in a PDS rather than in USS Files.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Aug 4, 2025
    This requirement will be accepted but if implemented, we would only add the symbol support for the policy agent config file.
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  • Guest
    Jul 31, 2025

    Hello,

    the minimum would be to have it for the Pagent configuration file itself, where the policy files for TTLS, IPSec, etc are given. Then I can have one Pagent configuration file but still point to system specific policies for things like IPSec. This is currently my pain-point. For IPSec, the policy differs for each system in a SYSPLEX (Local/Remote configuration definitions need to be different).


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  • Guest
    Jul 30, 2025
    Hi Peter, is there a particular policy (TLS, IPsec etc) configuration file or a policy agent configuration file that you are interested in specifying system symbols in? Could you please provide more information on the use case?
    Reply

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