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    Native GitLab Runner for z/OS security

    The security concepts of GitLab runners are mainly intended for distributed environments owned by a single application. With the introduction of the GitLab Runner for z/OS, which is a system shared by hundreds of users and applications, a new secu...
    13 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    Support for Endevor Processor Group Steps with SYSTSPRT/SYSTSIN Allocation via Execute Package Command

    In the IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) CARMA Endevor integration, CA Endevor® processor group steps that allocate SYSTSPRT or SYSTSIN datasets currently fail with allocation errors when executed in foreground mode or through the execute package comma...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 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...
    13 days ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Under review

    Allow the user to customize attribute collection, keeping the current minimum set as "mandatory" and additional metrics as optional. In this way, the client will be responsible for granularizing the collection of metadata from the environment, as well as the balance between the desired level of detail versus the overhead caused.

    We recently conducted a PoC for this client, which uses a competitor's solution (Dynatrace) in a small portion of its environment. Unfortunately, we were disqualified for failing to meet the following requirements: The CICS transaction informati...
    5 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0

    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

    TXSeries Support for RHEL10

    Now we are planning to build new platform using TXSeries on RHEL 10. To extend support duration about our platform, we want to get TXSeries support for RHEL 10.
    27 days ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 0 Submitted

    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

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