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IBM Host On-Demand

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HOD v14.0.2. FTP client does not support the SECURE SESSION REUSE feature

HOD FTP Client is the most used FTP client in our environment.As we're using FTPS with TLS 1.2 at the moment, we couldn't use SECURE_SESSION_REUSE parameter with REQUIRED value, as HOD does not support this FTP feature.I'm opening this RFE to impl...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

Cross hair support in the 3270 Host emulator Cursor RDz

The 3270 emulators ( PCOMM for example), supports Cross-Hair cursor ( also called Cross Line - where you have vertical and Horizontal lines in the 3270 cursor) , and we request the same feature in the 3270 Host emulator of RDz.
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 5 Not under consideration

Enhance Licence Manager fixes release

Implement proper version control and provide fix list for each version release of IBM Host Integration License Manager. As en example on fix central you can find: fix pack: HI_v13.0.0_LicenseManger fix pack: HI_13.0_LicenseManager for the product ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Not under consideration

LDAP authentication on HOD Licence Manager

Add the possibility to configure Host On Demand Licence Manager to use LDAP as authentication method. Adding options of Administrator and Monitor roles based on LDAP groups.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Not under consideration

Improving VT Session integration with HACPEE

Ford is currently trying to modernize applications. In order to do so, we were looking into using VT sessions in HACPEE to migrate on of our applications. Unfortunately, VT Sessions are no supported on the Mainframe which is where we have HOD and ...
9 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 0 Not under consideration

HOD HTML Override Functionality with Web Start

With browsers ending support for NPAPI plugins (with the exception of Internet Explorer, whose last version will be 11 and will seemingly be retired with the end of the Windows 10 support lifecycle), the direction is to move to using Web Start cli...
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Need HACP EE to allow for the customization of its navigation bar just as Host On-Demand does

Currently, HACP EE V 4.2 offers a very limited option for the user to customize the navigation bar. We need user to be able to customize their HACP EE navigation bar just as if not better than what Host On-Demand currently offers.
about 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

Host Graphics support in SWT Beans

Host Graphics support has been added to HOD but it is also required in SWT Terminal for use by the Host Connect Emulator in RDz.
about 10 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 4 Not under consideration

Is there any way to add 43x132 Screen Size feature into HOD?

Currently, the following Screen Size-s available: 24x80, 32x80, 43x80, 27x132, 62x160 We usually use 43x80 to see more lines. But sometimes the 27x132 would be better to see all the messages in eg. system log or log of the subsystems to see every ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Allow HOD variables to be used by macros.

Allow macros access to HOD variables such as SOEID(User Name), LU, IP Address, etc., so that macros could be written for group use rather than for an individual. HOD is aware of these values as they are forwarded up to License Manager.
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration