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OTEL EXPORTERENDPOINT= specify file for basic testing.

OTEL EXPORTERENDPOINT= specify file for basic testing. Would like to route to file, for basic testing of new OTEL feature, since no collectors available. I saw a video where this was done for other product (Not CTG), where for basic initial testin...
about 8 hours ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Submitted

Improve diagnosis for IMS Applications with Java and PL/I language interoperability

In a standard IMS region, we can set TRAP / ABTERMENC /TERMTHDACT options through the CEEOPTS DD and activate SLIP to get a complete dump of the problem (if needed), but this is not possible in MPR regions with a mix of PL/I and Java because IMS s...
6 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Submitted

Group List Support in DSSGROUP

It would be a good idea if in the SECTION DSSGROUP, in addition to lists with SECTION IPICSERVER server names, you could add lists composed of other SECTION DSSGROUP group names.
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Enhance the ITERATE macro to include a condition.

If the ITERATE macro supported conditions, every assembler program that uses ITERATE within a DO construct will be smaller and more efficient.
12 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Planned for future release

DFSJVMAP member of the IMS PROCLIB data set is not available for the STDENV option

The DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS members of the IMS proclib can be overruled by using the //STDENV option in JCL. Is it possible to make this also available for the DFSJVMAP member? This would improve the DEVOPS experience when using the STDENV option in...
12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

Support AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications

Hello IBM, AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications is currently not officially supported by IBM. However, 64-bits support already exist for C applications.Adding support for PL/I only requires simple updates to the CMQEPP copybook. Here is an exa...
3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Reduce the amount of storage used by the JSONGet functions

We see high cpu from LE 'Get a stack' from build in PL/1 JSONGet functions like JsonGetValue. Please reduce the stack used storage in the JSONGet functions.
3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

STO REG ALL

If we want to stop manually an IMS, we have to stop each MPP manually by entering STO REG command with the REGID or Jobname. In order to accelerate the process, is it possible to have a command : STO REG ALL like STO TRAN ALL; STOP DB ALL
7 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

Enhance IMS TM Resource Adapter's setPassword method to handle RACF passphrases

Currently the IMS TM Resource Adapter has two different methods for setting RACF passwords and for setting RACF passphrases (setPassword and setPasswordPhrase). This causes development and test effort when customers migrate from password to passph...
3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Planned for future release

Renew a certificate in the ring without restart CTG

As indicated in case TS016643542, currently, when we modify a certificate in the RACF ring used by the CTG, it is necessary to restart the STC for detect it, which implies a loss of service. We think it would be interesting to have the possibility...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration