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Modifying IMS Log archives so if a log is already archived, it returns with RC=04 instead of RC=08

As per Case # TS022792351. Whenever the following message is displayed:DSP0270I ONLINE LOG ALREADY ARCHIVED SSID=IMSD DDNAME=DFSOLPnn It currently ends with RC=08 which generally means something is wrong. In this case, it is not, and should be a R...
1 day ago in IMS System Services / General System Submitted

Change the displays commands for the server from Modify to Display

The users that can execute displays commands are going to be able to see details of the RSED started task so metrics could be easily taken from the product without the necessity of a person with a higher power like modify commands in z/OS. These a...
6 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer Submitted

Add some coloring background to COBOL editor

Some users asked to add some coloring into the background when opening a COBOL program when using the COBOL editor, like the isCOBOL eclipse editor (see attached screenshot). For example, for the column 1 to 6, it will be gray and green starting c...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

Have a table showing all variables not used in a program

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of adding an array or a list that would contain all the variables not used in a program. This would make it possible to know exactly what is not currently being used in a program and to be able to mor...
8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown Submitted

Add IBM NetView REST Server to IBMSAMP PDB

To expedite setup from the NetView REST server and avoid error-prone steps, it would be very helpful to provide sample definitions in the IBMSAMP PDB supplied by SAz during installation. E.g. that the customer shouldn't use add a sepcific AUTOFN F...
about 8 hours ago in IBM Z NetView Submitted

Provide PDF format documentation

IBM docs is only available in HTML format , the PDF download option is missing. Please add a PDF format of the docs, so it is consistent with z/OS and other products which provided PDFs. I want to use Claude with the docs , so I can modernize our ...
about 18 hours ago in Z Open Automation Utilities Submitted

IMS connect to report ODBM registration before the registration call and after the completion

IMS Connect need to report ‘Beginning Registration with ODBM xxxx’ before the registration call, and ‘Registered with ODBM xxxx’ after completion to detect ODBM registration issue.
about 19 hours ago in IMS System Services / System Management Submitted

PS aware Stock Image

We want to provision a PS (zdnt/zvdt) that has PS aware stock image. It means tho followin is configured by tooling right after the provisioning. JES2 - MAS Shared Filesystesm among LPARs Subsystems (DB2, CICS, MQ, IMS) in datasharing ZVM is compl...
1 day ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments Submitted

Filemanager for zOS 15.1.3 to 16.1.3 upgrade observations: FMNELIBD Conditional DB2 Library Cleanup in libdef_drop to Prevent Unnecessary DB2TLIBS Invocation

When Filemanager was invoked( DB2TLIBS runs) but DB2 option was not chosen the DB2 libraries are not allocated, the current REXX can throw errors or warnings back to the user since it the original script assumes Db2 library is allocated and tries ...
1 day ago in File Manager for z/OS Submitted

Create an SGC backup copy and a "GDASD TESTCOPY CAPTURE RC1" with the same timestamp

If we correctly understood the guidance from the GDPS LCP expert (Lukasz), whenever we want to perform periodic validation tests in RCx against an immutable Safeguarded Copy (that is, for routine verification rather than an actual recovery scenari...
1 day ago in GDPS Submitted

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