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Supply Java 11 for z/OS IM installable package in repository manager at http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/

The current Java 11 for z/OS IM installable package is only available from FixCentral, however when we're using IM to manage Liberty on z/OS we uses the online repository manager available at http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/ to direc...
about 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Delivered

JSON format output

CICS PA supports many report formats for producing CICS Performance and Statistic reports. The data can be generated in Report form, CSV form and even a format to load into an HDB. Today, most products that can use the CICS PA data support the JSO...
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Logger of RDz access for Security Auditor

There are several security concern from system Z customer view.The system Z customer who is using TSO/ISPF can enable the monitor function to log who and when access. Which member is deleted by whom.However, RDz access don't go through the TSO ses...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Delivered

Long displacement support for dependant/labeled USINGs

Dependant USINGs cannot be established beyond the 4K limit of the original 370 12-bit displacement instructions. With the prevalence of 20-bit long displacement instructions, we would like HLASM to support dependant and labeled USINGs for the full...
over 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 5 Delivered

Passwords encryption and mask for keystore and truststore

We define keystore and truststore in startServer.bat in AD services, including batch server, cross application, mainframe project, manual resolution, and search service, and orientdb configuration. Currently we need to enter a plain text password ...

Change AD Batch Server to automatically tolerate multiple projects serially or simultaneously

Using AD Batch Server 5.0.4.2, if multiple projects are built or rebuilt (perhaps after a code upgrade) and Batch Server is then started and detects that multiple projects are in in need of being processed, the resulting processing can exceed the ...

IP and Port save list on CM main panel

Would be helpful if there is an option to save IP and Port configuration details of CM per Lpar. This will be very helpful when we managing multiple CM configurations/servers from single CM image.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Integrate JEE workload called via Link to Liberty into CICS units of work

The link to liberty functionality is a base functionality for our future strategy of using CICS.The development paradigm of new applications is based on a JEE subset that is provided by liberty and the unique value of placing these applications on...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

DB0101 dump should contain pointer to bad lrec

In production we most often run with no macro or system traces active. Would request that DB0101 dumps either contain some register which is addressing the LREC which has an invalid length, or even update SW00REC with a pointer to the bad LREC.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

Control over JSON transform stripping out low value '00'/non-printable characters

z/OS Connect JSON transformation should be at user control. There needs to be an option to leave return values in binary if the user so chooses, so that the application can manage the returned content.
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered