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Trackinglist - Call Sequence Report: create a filter to ommit Orphan Transactions groups

-Trackinglist with callseq parameter: The purpose of the call sequence report we seek is to discover the flow of transactions that are being executed in our system. At this time, we would like to see only complete paths/flows in this report and no...
about 6 hours ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

ZOAU interface with SDSF

Just as with REXX one can use the SDSF REXX API to access any/all information from SDSF so should ZOAU be able to do the same. There is so much information available via SDSF that could be useful to the ZOAU user.
about 12 hours ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

SSH JAM recycle should defer shutdown to allow work/connections in progress to complete

When SSH JAM is recycled, any SFTP connections in progress are lost. Update the SSH JAM to allow connection in progress to complete.
about 4 hours ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Submitted

Please FP Tools support reloading SDEP segments without changing their RBA when the DBD is changed.

Appl needs to keep RBA position on DEDB SDEP even they change DBD structure.
1 day ago in IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS / Fast Path Basic Utilities 0 Submitted

Add High Water Mark indicator of a Storage Group or a Volume in ZPCA tables

High Water Mark indicator will be useful for our stockage team to find out if a Storage Group or a Volume is big enough.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Support HTTPS Connection Between SMU and TEPS

SMU should use HTTPS/port 15201 instead of HTTP/port 15200 for connections to the TEPS.
27 days ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Submitted

Double check to execute changes to a table when executing an update, delete or insert query in db2 for z/os

It is necessary that when executing a query using the db2 for z/os tool that contains a statement of type INSERT UPDATE or DELETE, before the changes are applied to the table, a screen is added indicating how many records will be affected by the e...
29 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Submitted

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE. Our developers are used to HCE and what it offers. RCE is just not at its level and therefore the developers won't switch to IDz 16.0 unless the HCE is in there.
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Submitted

TACM should use zIIP engines during ie EXPLORE function

Heavy EXPLORE(reporting functions) running through all catalogs have a high GP cost. In examples we face turnaround times of 100 minutes with a GP cost of 12 minutes. Here an explore sample that gives above numbers: EXPLORE - DSN-LISTFILE(OUT) - C...
23 days ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 2 Submitted

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T dls xxxxxxxx.** dls will only list all VSAM datasets using the -t option, but the dls man page does not...
9 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

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