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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...
5 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 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...
6 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

This request is for a CICS PLT Shutdown program for the IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect product

We recently encountered an 0C4 abend at offset X'07C6' in program DFHDSTCB during CICS shutdown. We opened problem case TS020375660. It was determined that zAPM was causing the abend. IBM stated that this will happen sometimes and that we need to ...
9 months ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Allow MQ Put intercept via CICS transaction ID filter as opposed to MQ Queue name

For CICS => MQ => CICS tracking, MQ Queue name has to be specified in the AGMSYSIN for the MQ Put to be intercepted and instrumented. Please allow, as an alternative, for a parameter to specify the CICS transaction ID instead of the MQ Queue...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Support DTP tracing/tracking without AGMSYSIN transaction ID filters

Please provide the ability for CICS DTP transaction tracking without having to configure include filters in AGMSYSIN, so that it will only be triggered when a tracking token/singularity header/parent span is present.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Allow for rebalance of CICS regions connected to Couriers after restart.

Once a CICS region is connected to a particular courier in the base component, it will continue to connect to the same courier across restarts of the base component. Please allow for the (optional?) redistribution of the connections, balanced acro...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Local MQ Queue name as opposed to Queue Manager only

Where MQ Queues are part of an end to end flow, please externalise to AppD the Local MQ Queue names as opposed to only the Queue Managers. This will be beneficial where multiple queues are connected to a single Queue manager and remove doubt about...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Command driven reload of AGM components in zCEE

Most of the zAPM functions can be manipulated dynamically. We can AGMU STOP/START the CICS component, AGMQ TERM/INIT the MQ components & F container,AGMA IVP to trigger a comms attempt to the DG from container. There does not appear to be a wa...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Increase resiliency of IBM zAPM Connect runtimes in shared Kubernetes environments

In shared Kubernetes environments (clusters hosting multiple application workloads), green zones for node restarts can frequently be continuous or extensive, not tied to a specific application. Any node may restart at any point for maintenance or ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration

Externalise all error messages to the SYSLOG

Please add all Joblog Error messages to the SYSLOG so that it can be used to automate/trigger altering through OPS MVS. This is needed from the AGM Interceptor from zCEE and CICS, as well as the Base Component. Thank you
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Observability Connect Future consideration