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    Allow user data field for every RDO entry

    We currently use our internal application group names associated with change and incident management in CATS APLid, as we are doing POC with CICS CM, we really want a user data field in CM so we can provide flexibility to our user/developer commun...
    about 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Flexible Alignment Storage Display

    Currently FA aligns its storage display at starting addresses which are multiples of 16. This is often unconvenient: Sometimes application data is not properly aligned: - address pointers not on word boundery are not point-and-shootable - bad alig...
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Better Support of WMQ-Applications

    Currently Fault Analyzer does not properly recognize that an abending Batch-Job or CICS transaction is connected to Websphere MQ. In these cases FA does not show any information related to MQ and last MQ-API calls.This flaw seems to arise when the...
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

    CM Server to CM Server Connectivity

    Having CM Server to CM Server connectivity to exchange the data(in XML or other formats) instead of shipping the data between CM servers manually using FTP and writing CM EXITS
    over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Config Manager needs better resource overlay detection

    Configuration Manager needs a better mechanism for detecting resource overlays as packages move through the topology. There are instances where if the same resource/resources exist in multiple pacakges that have been migrated into a configuration ...
    almost 11 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

    Flat file input for RANA exit instead of recompile process

    Request to allow RANA exit to read a flat file as input and perform actions instead of modifying the EXIT each time with changes and recompiling it.
    over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Ability to extract packages from an export file into another file via a batch interface

    We require the ability to transport resource definitions between geographically dispersed sysplexes and to apply transformation rules in the process. This need means we will have to migrate through an export file.Since the export file will be used...
    over 11 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

    Cross-configuration, cross-sysplex reporting

    The various reporting functions, especially those that generate comparison reports, should have the ability to create reports that span configurations, servers, and even sysplexes. For example it should be possible to generate a comparison report ...
    almost 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

    Add support for CICS MP Domain

    CICS Managed Platforms domain is where any CICS System or Task policy control blocks, counters, storage etc. is going to be. The IBM IPCS CICS VERBEXIT now formats the MP domain, but Fault Analyzer is suspiciously missing that info. Please update ...
    over 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Fault Entries in History Dataset should be compressed

    To save DASD space in environments with big regions Fault Analyzer should have an option to save and handle Fault Entries in compressed format (TRSMAIN).
    over 12 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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