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    IBM Z Open Automation Utilities should eliminate dependencies on SSVIVERS returned by SSI 54.

    SSVIVERS has been a highly-volatile field over the years for both JESes. Historically, these values have been: JES2 Value JES3 Value OS Release'SP v.r.m' 'SP v.r.m' MVS/SP'OS v.r.m' 'OS v.r.m' OS/390 V1.1 through V2.9'OS 2.10 ' 'OS 2.10 ' OS/390 V...
    about 3 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Not under consideration

    z/OS Ansible Collection zos_operator: add a wrapper for the opercmd 'console' parameter

    The 'console' parameter for the opercmd shell command and python API allow us to specify a suffix for the EMCS console name that is generated. I need this functionality to be exposed in the zos_operator module.
    over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Not under consideration

    Update zoau mvscmd to support --cmd= for tso commands

    The zoau mvscmd supports the --steplib= for a --pgm=program. Please add an option to invoke a tso command such as --cmd=command and then the --args= would be parameters passed to the tso command. This would fill the void the default tsocmd lacks a...
    almost 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Not under consideration

    zos_backup_restore ansible module looping over an inventory item with multiple entries + restore HLQ

    Dear colleagues, First of all I would like to apologize in advance if this topic has been posted before, or if it will be created in an inappropriate section of the website interface. I am currently working on developing an MQ upgrade playbook and...
    about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Not under consideration

    more configurable BIND module for program level parameters

    * BIND dynamically * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** The actual bind module parameters are staticly defined in the environment file. This doesn't allows set parameters by DBRM files. There should be a bind instruction file w...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 3 Not under consideration

    Improve the loading performance in CICS IA

    When loading a huge data array from VSAM affinity files into DB2 database affinity tables, CIUAFFLD job takes long time to be processed.
    over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

    CPU excessive when collecting data using CICS IA 5.1 and CICS IA 5.2.

    Customer attempts to collect data using CICS Interdependency Analyzer. The CPU increases significantly when when CICS IA is activated. Customer performed tests where CICS CPU performance increased from 27% to 62% under CICS IA 5.1. There is some i...
    over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

    Supporting HTTP header-based authentication with Z/OSMF

    Requirement to support HTTP header-based authentication with Z/OSMF
    about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Not under consideration

    Better parsing of LISTCAT output by dsfilter

    Using the zOS Open Automations Utilities (zOAU) "dls" command to list datasets, there were inconsistencies in the returned output where at times, some datasets would not be found. The "dsfilter" utility, which is used by "dls" command, calls LISTC...
    over 5 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Not under consideration

    Thread Safety for PL/I programs with CICS IA

    For PL/I programs compiled with RENT option, CICS IA cannot correctly attribute the EXEC CICS commands to the actual program. In fact, CICS IA attributes all EXEC CICS commands to program CEEEV003. This limitation should be relieved.
    over 8 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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