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IBM Z NetView

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MSGID field in PIPE EDIT and MRT needs to be larger

Increase MSGID in PIPE EDIT and MRT from 12 characters to 16 (or more, if convenient).MSGID currently has a limit of only 12 characters.NetView AT already supports MSGID of up to 255 characters. While this will probably never be needed in my caree...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

Netv REST API support for RACF cert

NETVIEW RESTFul API does not support RACF based Digitial ceritficates
over 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Delivered

Usage statistics for REXX programs running in NetView

The only available approach to get information of used resources is AUTOTASK based (commands TASKMON and TASKUTIL). This is not very useful to obtain precise information on how REXX programs inside NetView are performing.In order to determine if R...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Z NetView 4 Delivered

CANZLOG Archive file management

CANZLOG archive management improvements for archive files.    There needs to be a means to correlate updates to index and CZTOPAGE with automatic deletion of archive files.  ...Ideally, provide a 'CZTOARCH' or equivalent that specif...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

NVSNMP supporting SNMPv3

The interface provided by the NVSNMP (FKXE251A) command, which may be invoked directly or may be reached through the dialogue provided by the NETVIP (CNMENVIP) command, does not support SNMPv3 requests. Policy configuration on which the function i...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

MAT TRACE to indicate ACTION items

When running MAT TRACE, the BNH370I message is issued with disposition FAIL or PASS. It uses PASS when an evaluation item is matched, and for any actions taken. This can make it hard to determine the actions. I would like to see a disposition valu...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

RMTCMD SourceID Security

It is possible to get full NetView access for user driven commands. (Due to nature of this I wont describe how here - see the PMR for details).This should be fixed to prevent users from being able to get elevated access.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Delivered

remove or replace dependency to SNMP for IPTRACE

IP Trace function uses SNMP to get information.These information may also be discovered via standard IP-commandsWe want to get rid of SNMP, cause we don't need it for any other function.Please remove or replace dependency to SNMP for IPTRACE.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Delivered

Modify Netview IFSTAT clist to limit stacks

The Netview IFSTAT clist queries the TCP/IP on all stacks running on the system. However, the clist provides an option to limit the display to a specific stack. However, the clist queries all stacks even when a specific stack is specified. This ca...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

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