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CICS csd file merge with required program names

Hi Team, Background: We have 755 CICS lists in Production. Each CICSLIST is extracted individually, and we run the IBM-provided script (RunMerge.bat) to generate a consolidated output file. This output file is then added to the project Configurati...
2 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery Submitted

INGRUN with a Pre-Execution Verify Option

For some customers, we are not able to verify that the runtime tokens are configured correctly. As a result, some disaster recovery tests may fail, leading to unnecessary discussions and troubleshooting afterwards. We propose adding a verify optio...
22 days ago in IBM Z System Automation Under review

add CKACUST member to code VTAMPROC=NET for Trusted list STC (stig ES000130)

For ES000130 (trusted STC), we get a non-compliant object for our STC NET whihc is VTAM. We don't want to rename our STC so we were wondering if we could have a CKACUST member in which we could code VTAMPROC=NET , this memeber would then be read b...
7 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Under review

Support installation of Omegamon Web UI on RedHat Openshift

Due to corporate security policies, many clients cannot implement the OMEGAMON WebUI using Docker or Podman; consequently, the only option available to them, being both secure and approved, is Red Hat OpenShift.
26 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON Web UI Submitted

New Job-Filter CC (Completion Code/Return Code)

In the Remote Systems View, I can create job filters under the JES node.The filter strings should be expanded to allow filtering by CC (Completion Code/Return Code).Example: Filter for all jobs with CC = 0 or all jobs with CC > 4 This is very u...
about 1 hour ago in z/OS Explorer / Client Submitted

Add support for SSL Communication between the scheduler and DB for Oracle Databases at 10.2.x

Our company's Security requirements state that all communication should now be encrypted. We are starting a project to upgrade our IWS Scheduling system to 10.2.7, but as we are using AWS RDS Oracle database, we have found that we cannot encrypt t...
about 2 hours ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler Submitted

Get the TMAHCOR of transactions called by an ICAL in the Transit List (Form and Report)

I would like to get the TMAHCOR (the OTMA Correlation Token) of transactions that have been called by another transaction/BMP using an ICAL.This will help us a lot to correlate an ICALed transaction and its parent transaction/BMP very quickly in o...
about 3 hours ago in IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Product functionality Submitted

Granular Security Controls for INGTRIG/DISPTRG and INGTRESH

Enhance System Automation Security to Separate View and Update Authority for Triggers and Thresholds
about 23 hours ago in IBM Z System Automation Submitted

AI-Powered Intelligent Infrastructure Optimization Assistant for IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

I would like to propose introducing an AI-Powered Intelligent Infrastructure Optimization Assistant within IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center to help enterprise administrators proactively monitor, optimize, and manage Hybrid Cloud infrastructure thro...
1 day ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center Submitted

Support "VBM" record format

We use many VBM datasets, and it is currently impossible for use to use ZOAU to allocate them as the format is not supported by dtouch
1 day ago in Z Open Automation Utilities Submitted

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