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CSAPSB pool avg for all IMS resources in ACBGEN

When an ACB gen is run, it generates the pool size(e.g. CSAPSB) for an individual program(resource) . What we would like to see is when we run the ACBGEN, we would like to see the cumulative pool sizes once all the resources are genned. This would...
about 1 month ago in IMS System Services / All components Under review

Pass LPAR names in Instana spans to make it possible to differentiate Application flows between UAT and PROD environment in case they use the same CICS region names and CICS transaction names

In environments where IBM Z Application Performance Management (Z APM Connect via Z Observability Connect) is used with Instana, customers often operate multiple environments such as UAT and PROD with identical CICS region names, CICS transaction ...
12 days ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Under review

IBM Z Resource Discovery Visualization Service - Should be ported to z/CX as a Docker image

Currently, the IBM Z Resource Discovery Visualization Service is deployed on the x86 platform. We would like to request that the Discovery Visualization Service be made available as a Docker container image that can be deployed on z/CX. Enabling d...
about 1 month ago in IBM Service Management Unite Under review

Exclude CICS Region id surrogate check for CICSDFLT.DFHTRM surrogate profile in CICS TS 6.3

With CICS TS 6.3, a new DFHTRMID security rule check is performed during region logon for the CICS default user ID CICSDFLT, validating DFHTRMID surrogate access to the region ID. Since both are CICS IDs and the check occurs as part of the logon p...
6 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

INGDYN with Db2 backend is unfinished feature

Db2 has been introduced as backend of the INGDYN. Since we don't have OMVS file sharing the SA database will not work with HA. This is why we started to use Db2 as backend for INGDYN. Everything worked so far, until a reIPL has happened. Even havi...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z System Automation Under review

Support for IBM JES2 Output Class Compress feature in CDP

Because of limitation of the IBM zCDP Log Forwarder, Customer cannot fully used IBM JES2 Output Class Compress feature to reduce Spool usage in their environment. At the moment they need to use uncompressed Output Classes for Outputs that need to ...
24 days ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics Under review

IZPCA / COGNOS NEW COST REPORTS TFP WITH MONETARY VALUES BASED IN MSU

Many customers wants to know how much money they are paying by LPAR, WORKLOAD and SERVICE/REPORT CLASS using TFP – Tailored Fit Pricing model. Nowadays, IZPCA/COGNOS has cost RESOURCE ACCOUNTING reports based in monetary values (cost of CPU second...
5 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

DFHAM4853 (DB2T) add duplicate RDO Group information as message DFHAM4838 (DB2E)

Add Duplicate Group information for DB2TRAN, which was already done (6.2) for DB2ENTRY. DFHAM4853 (DB2TRAN) < duplicate RDO group text not shown; this new RFE DFHAM4838 (DB2ENTRY). < duplicate RDO group now shown; RFE CICSTS-I-2115 Sam...
4 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

Enable Instana to Monitor and Visualize Specific CICS TS Component Sub‑Metrics via OMEGAMON Sensor

Request to extend Instana so it can surface detailed CICS TS sub‑component metrics—such as sockets, transaction classes, TDQs, TSQs, connection and file statuses, and memory usage—when these are provided by the OMEGAMON sensor. These metrics are a...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality Under review

I’d like you to enable Base64 encoding.

I’d like you to make it possible to use Base64 encoding to prevent truncation, alteration, or garbling when setting values in JSON that may contain control characters or arbitrary bytes in the 0x00–0xFF range, and/or to embed (serialize) images, k...
14 days ago in z/OS Connect Under review

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