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Collecting Db2 Integrated Synchronization counters in IZDS

IBM Z Decision Support currently does not collect Db2 Integrated Synchronization IFCID 2 counters. In Db2 component table DB2_IDAA_STAT_S_H/D there is column REPLICATION_CPU, but is only populated with data for CDC replication. Since we have migra...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Not under consideration

Display jobs and their DDs in table view

The Remote System Explorer tree view displays jobs under the JES filter and when expanded it displays the DDs under each job. A customer would like a similar display but in table view. It is possible to display the jobs or the DDs of a job in the ...
9 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Allow LIST RECORD consumption to be drifted to ZIIP processors.

Now, IZDS and IZPCA allow the derivation of a COLLECT to ZIIP, but it is not possible to do the same with a LIST RECORD.It would be good to study the possibility of adapting the LIST RECORD as well.
11 months ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to switch users from within a Remote Systems Explorer session

We currently have 2 levels of authorization for several of our software products...one for use on a day to day basis by users and another that is used for more critical/protected functionality like deployments and system configurations. To accompl...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

IDZ V14.2.0 Browsing a remote sequential file not possible unlike TSO

In Remote Systems view (z/OS Projects perspective), if I open a remote file to edit it, my colleagues can neither browse nor view this file whereas if they work directly with TSO they can read the file in browse or view mode. IDZ displays a pop-up...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local

TS015047272: IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local. File contains non-roundtrippable characters tried to transfer from remote system to local should transfer those char as well ex CR fL...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add API REST upload-dir-to-pds to RSE API

Hi, It would be useful to have an API REST in RSE API which allows us to upload a directory to a PDS. This functionality has been implemented for rse-api-for-zowe-cli but it does not exist in the Java SDK. For now, we have to launch several comman...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 5 Not under consideration

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270?

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270? This would be useful to display say the first 10 entries. Mainframe 3270 screen allows wildcard for first level qualifier , why IDz it is no...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Show progress when copying multiple files in USS

The progress bar currently goes crazy when copying multiple big files from USS.It seems to handle progress well only when copying a single file.When copying multiple files, it seems to jump from one to the next very quickly, which makes it impossi...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Enable the ability to run the COLLECT batch process of different components in parallel.

When a COLLECT process is executed, some DB2 resources are allocated that prevent processes that collect data for different components (CICS, DB2, MVS and so on) from being executed in parallel. If the COLLECT processes of different components cou...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Not under consideration