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    The ASM shortage recovery must not depend on sysplex automation

    In certain cases, the sysplex automation is turned off when some systems in a physical sysplex (not only SAplex) can't answer to commands sent at the SA initialization. It is visible when the common global variable AOF.0ROUTEFAILED si set to 'Y'. ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Enable JCICS to be mocked easily for unit testing

    We need the ability to easily mock the JCICS framework to drive unit testing requirements.
    over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    System Automation - Handling Long-Running Enqueues improvement

    As IBM recommended, the IBM System Automation's Handling Long-Running Enqueues (ENQs) function was enable in order to determnine a contention problem on RACF Databases getting a dump of the holder of the resource. The objective of the RFE 87447 is...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Using CICS policies to replace RTA functionality (Monitoring TDQ Count)

    Currently we use CPSM RTA extensively. We are going through a program of review and replacement, mainly with CICS Policies. However, CICS Policies do not currently check TDQ Count, so we cannot replace this yet. CICS Policies do check for similar ...
    about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    INGLKUP and DISPTREE to work through HasMember APGs

    Please update the DISPTREE and INGLKUP REQ=ANALYSE to work through APG HasMember relationships. Neither indicate relationships that are via HasMember groups.
    almost 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

    DFHAC2236 does not appear when CICS webservice transaction abends.

    Right now, when a CICS webservice abends only message DFHSR0001 is generated. In order to maintain monitoring and accounting mechanisms it would be nice to have message DFHAC2236 in CICS LOG.
    about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

    RACF granulation of CICS tran CEKL SET PURGE, FORCEPURGE and KILL commands

    We want to allow the app devs to purge or forcepurge misbehaving transactions but not to kill them, for example. CEKL/CEMT SET KILL is hazardous to address space integrity in ways purge or forcepurge are not. We don't want app devs to be able to...
    about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    Have INGREQ CANCEL complete when Resource returns to SATISFACTORY state

    Currently if an APG has the status AVAILABLE SOFTDOWN where all of its APLs within it are SOFTDOWN and then a STOP vote is put on the APG. When there is an INGREQ CANCEL to the APG Stop Vote, this will give a bad return code, even though the APG i...
    8 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Enhancement Request for SETTIMER Command

    Actor: Systems Programmer Our team uses System Automation for z/OS for various things. One of which is utilizing Policy timers to perform some unit of work at a time-based interval. Currently operating in Netview to interact with policy timers (no...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    INGLIST COMMAND PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO FILTER ON SUSPENDED RESOURCES

    You cannot use INGLIST command to filter on suspended resources. You have to use INGVOTE REQ=SUSPEND.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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