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    Use timezone offset already in SMF 110 records for CICS components

    We would like an option to use the timezone offset already in the SMF 110 records, instead of the CICS_TIMEZONES lookup table to reduce the amount of wrong data collected during a time change and eliminate the need to monitor the offsets in the lo...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

    Having a report that can have a date selection and the MSU value in IGZS, which is close to the SCRT report.

    Right now, we are comparing SCRT Report with IGZS Tables , but the values are not matching and not having option to go over date using KPMZLP05
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Under review

    support DB2 LUW as key repository for EKMFWEB

    We have z/OS customers interested in pervasive encryption that do not run DB2 on z/OS. Currently only official support exists for DB2 z/OS as key repository. As the EKMFWEB product supports jdbc2 type 2 and type 4 it could target a DB2 LUW running...
    over 3 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Planned for future release

    Improve Dataset Scanner to use SMF42 records

    Today the dataset scanner uses the catalog search interface to record the encryption status of datasets. By the time we actually run the scanner, there have been many thousands of datasets that no longer reside on disk. In our shop we have many th...
    over 3 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Future consideration

    Time-based batch collect commit frequency

    I would like to request an upper limit on the amount of (wall-clock/elapsed) time between commits when using the batch collector. Current commit frequency options are inadequate to prevent uncommitted UR problems, if a batch job is CPU-delayed, an...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

    Use SHEMAs in TDSz SDRLDEFS members

    Instead of specifying the prefix on every DB2 resource, please instead use a SET SCHEMA command in the DDL distributed with TDSz. This will allow a single ID to own all of the DB2 resources created during installation, across an enterprise. Many D...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

    Connect:Direct SMF Collection

    IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS, a managed file transfer product, has the capability to generate SMF data (Type 132) if its statistics exit, DGAXSMF, is activated. Historical statistics are available using Connect:Direct's online interface but this pr...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

    Please replace SYSPLEX_NAME lookup table with SMF30SYP

    The SYSPLEX lookup table is obsolete for tables that read from SMF type 30 records that already include the SMF30SYP field. It would be acceptable to us if the collect process read directly from this field where possible, or allow the collect jobs...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

    SQLCODE = -204 when updating System Tables.

    When updating the SYSTEM table with Z Decision Support V1.9.0, the screen display was "System tables are updated successfully".However, there was a table space that failed to create, and "SQLCODE = -204" was recorded in DRLOUT. In this case, pleas...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

    Add columns to KPM CICS table

    Add the following columns to KPMC_MON_TRAN_H (as in CICS_TRANSACTION_H) :- BMS_REQUESTS_TOTAL to quickly identify 3270 transactions- SYNCPOINT_REQUESTS- RESPONSE_MAX_SEC and CPU_MAX_SEC to identify a possible anomaly during the interval (the peaks...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

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