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Managing Input and Output of an Assembler Program Called from a COBOL

We would like to see the STUB inputs and outputs be modifiable (or at least legible for outputs) in the case of unit tests on a COBOL program, when it calls a program written in the Assembler. We've had several demonstrations of the product, and t...
4 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing Submitted

Update TCPALVER field to better reflect SERVER_ENCRYPT

Currently there are 2 fields for TCPALVER in the DSNZPARM Authorization, RLF, and DDF Parameters panel under AUTH/RLF/DDF in the DSNTIP5-DDF 2 block - TCP/IP Already Verified (TCPALVER) and Extended Option for TCPALVER. If Db2 TCPALVER is set to S...
4 days ago in Z OMEGAMON AI for Db2 Submitted

Quantum Discovery Lab (QDL) is an AI-powered platform that combines artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and molecular simulation to discover and prioritize new drug candidates faster and more efficiently.

Quantum Discovery Lab (QDL) is a proposed AI and quantum-computing platform designed to accelerate drug discovery by combining artificial intelligence, molecular simulation, classical high-performance computing, and quantum algorithms. QDL would h...
30 minutes ago in IBM Shopz Submitted

Intellimagic with AI to report on Application online and NSPs with Application Transaction SLO/SLA maximum TPS and determine response time to understand if knee of curve regarding when degraded response time kicks inefore in on Ap

Why is it useful? Determine whether degraded response time occurs before or beyond SLO/SLA maximum TPS limit Who would benefit from it? All Mainframe Intellimagic customers How should it work? Also include maximum reported TPS with response time t...
about 4 hours ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted

Mapping detailed BU & Application breakdown and when comparing baseline to new changing patterns utilize AI included with Intellimagic to report, analyze and determine RCA for significant variation & Response time latency implications

Why is it useful? Mainframe running high volume & complex applications, mixed workloads across multiple subsystem that with Intellimagic can focus on one subsystem component to report, analyze and drill-down. However, with Intellimagic AI comp...
about 5 hours ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted

STIG Rule RACF-ZO-000010 not working because we use different names for procs, we need a new member IZUPROC

Our procs for zosmf are as follow : ZOSMFANG ZOSMF But zSecure is expecting IZUANG& and IZUSRV1 so the check is not working. Coudl you create a member called IZUPROC where we could describe the procedure names that we use in our bank ?
5 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Submitted

CICSPlex SM Web User Interface - Search in menu

When using CICSPlex SM Web User Interface it is difficult to get to the specific menu. According to its documentation there is a translation for views and their description. It would be more easy having a search option where queries can be typed i...
7 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other Submitted

Enhance Automation Hub GCP Plugins with Workload Identity Federation and Secure-by-Default Authentication

Business Need As enterprise customers increasingly adopt cloud-native security practices, static service account keys are becoming less desirable due to the operational overhead and security risks associated with managing long-lived credentials. C...
6 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler Submitted

Add option to show exceptions only on GDPS PPRC link panel

When using the GDPS "PPRC Link Config Management" option (panel VPCPQMTV) in both Metro and Global, it shows a number for the the total, exceptions, and updated links. When there are a hundred or more links in the list it can be time consuming to ...
6 days ago in GDPS Submitted