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Multi session access Netview and Portal/GUI

With today we've activated the GDPS GUI and PORTAL to our 4 production sysplexes. Currently, users can connect to the GUI, but they can't be simultaneously connected to Netview via 3270 and vice versa. Enabling multi-session access would allow use...
3 days ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

IMS Asynchronous Lock Duplexing

Like DB2 "asynchronous CF duplexing", do you have any plan to implement similar functionality on IMS for IMS locking and VSAM RLS locking. Synchronized duplexing is too expensive in terms of CPU consumption.
6 days ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Submitted

Adding SMF110 field with local time

Adding SMF110 new fields with local time for : START TIMESTAMP(TOD) STOP TIMESTAMP(TOD) for exemple START TIMESTAMP(TZ) and STOP TIMESTAMP(TZ) to have the real local time for start and end transaction, easier for analyzing performance of CICS tran...
4 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A EQQE036I message replaced if auto recovery is in job and error code tested for is in play. EQQE036I should only be issued when the job ends in error queue and will not b...
10 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

CSM supports Metro Mirror with Site 4 replication, can GDPS support this configuration, too?

According to DORA regulation, it is possible to have a 2-region infrastructure with the possibility to have a synchronous copy between them, an MTMM 4-Site. This gives one the chance to do a region switch with no disruption to the customers. Nowad...
about 1 month ago in GDPS 1 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...
11 days ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Submitted

GDPS dual legs 3 sites Metro Mirror extended to be 4 sites so as to attain HA in the DR data center as is in the Production data center

This extension will allow the regular swap between Production and DR data centers because both will have HA. Regular swaps and long stays in the DR center are supposed to be a requirement of DORA
4 months ago in GDPS 14 Not under consideration

Enable ZOAU to support PDSE Member Generations

Please enable all ZOAU PDS processing to support PDSE Member Generations. Member Generations have been available since PDSE Version 2 was released over a decade ago and more sites are starting to take advantage of them. Using ZOAU should work and ...
7 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

Statistics for usage of models in autoinstalls

Like other interesting resource parameters, keep a running tab of the usage of terminal models and program models, and report them in their own identifiers as SMF 110(2) records. This can help in housekeeping, and reduce the chances of trying to c...
14 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

JDK latest and greatest lifecyclemanagement

IDz is considered as a threat for our mission critical applications by our security depertment because it runs on an IBM supported open JDK version 11 This version is considered out of date and does not receive the more structural security enhance...
17 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 0 Submitted

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