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    Document the BXH/BXLE/JXH/JXLE trick

    An article in either the systems journal or the journal of RF&D described using BXH and BXLE to test 30 bits in succession. This trick is still valid and extends to 62 consecutive tests in AMODE64. It would be useful to have it in either the e...
    9 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 1 Submitted

    Avoid overwriting the Db2 special registers

    When Instana performs transaction tracking for Db2 processing, the Db2 special register CLIENT_WRKSTNNAME was overwritten with Instana's TraceID. Many customers set their own values in Db2 special registers to aggregate data by transaction type. S...
    19 days ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Under review

    Allow using pre-existing Kafka cluster with the Telemetry Controller

    In sensitive / high-restrictions environments, it's not possible to deploy our own little Kafka cluster, let alone with the auto-creation of topics.It is necessary to point to the existing Kafka footprint in an env., and to use mTLS for authn/auth...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Future consideration

    Native Z HMC to Observability Connect for IBM Z LinuxONE

    Request enhancement to enable direct collection of IBM Z / LinuxONE Z HMC metrics into IBM Observability Connect, with automatic transformation into OpenTelemetry (OTEL) format, allowing integration with Splunk Observability, Dynatrace, and other ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Future consideration

    A utility to analyze SMF & syslog volume, and then suggest sizes for components

    Since IBM has the zPET env., it should be reasonable to create workload to drive CICS, IMS, Db2, MQ, etc., and see at what point ZAPM Connect + CDP croaks.The sizing exercise should be data driven, i.e., based on SMF/log data from each customer en...
    about 2 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Under review

    Password spray alerts various sources

    zSecure Alert is uniquely equipped to capture events and circumstances at near real-time and can serve as an early alert for such incidents as password spraying from external sources. The identification of an attack from external sources (SSH and ...
    2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 0 Under review

    For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID?

    For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID. user ID in USERDATA will be propagated as OMSECUID in IMS Connect. Business reaso...
    4 months ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Under review

    Trace IMS Application which TN3270 kicked

    Would you add tracing function for IMS Application which TN3270 kicked?Our customers're interested in Instana, but they hesitate to use it because most their application is kicked from TN3270.We think trace id cannot be added for TN3270 transactio...
    4 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Planned for future release

    No error code for IMS transaction is showed

    Please add error code information of IMS transaction which includes IMS-MQ Bridge on Instana panel. Instana can show error code of IMS transaction if it is kicked via z/OS Connect, but it is not supported for IMS-MQ Bridge application. Please see ...
    4 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Is a defect

    IMS transaction's elaps time cannot be showed

    Please correct to show the correct elaps time when IMS-MQ Bridge is used. Instana cannot show the correct elaps time for IMS transaction when IMS-MQ Bridge is used, not z/OS Connect. Instana deals IMS transaction as calling GET, not remote procedu...
    4 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Is a defect

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