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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...
1 day 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...
1 day ago in Z OMEGAMON AI for Db2 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 ?
2 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Submitted

Enhance GitUtilities class to add the ability to get author name and email information from Git for a given source file

This would allow us to leverage the information for other build related activities and/or reporting where we might need to notify the individual who last updated the file.
2 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 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...
3 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 ...
3 days ago in GDPS Submitted

Operational Automation Impact Simulator and Safe-Change Validation for IBM Z NetView

I propose adding an Operational Automation Impact Simulator and Safe-Change Validation capability for IBM Z NetView to help organizations safely evaluate, validate, and understand the potential impact of automation-rule changes before they are int...
about 3 hours ago in IBM Z NetView Submitted

Provide mapping support for SMF type 122 subtype 2 and 4

Please provide the ability to map SMF 122 subtype 2 (Dependency Based Build) and subtype 4 (Wazi Deploy) to allow us to stream the records to Splunk. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=SS6T76_3.0.0/smflayout.htm https://www.ibm.com/...
about 21 hours ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider Under review

Display alias occurences by the original name

Follow up to WAO-I-415 In addition, it is necessary to filter for the original application ID in the current plan using PIF and the 5.* panels. For example: 5.2 or 5.3 contains a flag like "display alias occurences". This allows the previous filte...
1 day ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler Submitted

We need the ability to get these ready built container images from icr.io similarly to the way we currently pull websphere-liberty container images through our automation processes.

We should be able to use the same gitlab automation processes to pull ready made docker containers for CTG from icr.io same as we currently use for pulling WebSphere Liberty images.
2 days ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime Submitted

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