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    Enable create for a sequential extended dataset to take advantage of pervasive encryption

    It was recently found that even though we were passing a DATACLAS that specified EXTENDED attributes, ZOAU appears to be overriding it and it was still landing as a BASIC or LARGE dataset type. We had tried multiple combinations and research befor...
    about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Submitted

    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...
    19 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    Enhance jsub to be event driven

    It would be great if we could enhance jsub to be notified by an even when the submission has finished, rather than by polling the JES log. In our testing, especially for short running jobs, which make up the majority of our test suite, we have fou...
    9 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

    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

    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

    ISPF statistics retention for dcp operations

    For our Ansible-based deployment solution, we use the zos_copy module from the ibm_zos_core collection (version 1.8.0). We note the absence of ISPF statistics on our PDS and this is particularly penalizing for our PARMLIBs. The objective of this p...
    over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 7 Planned for future release

    Add regexp support to dgrep

    Add possibility to search with regexp patterns in dgrep, similarly like grep has. This improves usability of dgrep.
    about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

    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.
    about 1 month ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 0 Submitted

    Add support to zoautil_py.datasets & zoautil_py.zoau_io to be given a DD as parameter

    Add support to zoautil_py.datasets & zoautil_py.zoau_io to be given a DD as parameter, instead of having to hardcode the dataset name: In the JCL: //DDIN DD DSN=XXXX.YYYY.ZZZZ,DISP=SHR In the Python code: datasets.read('//DDIN') instead of: da...
    over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Planned for future release

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