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Config to limit Thread or Connection usage at API/URL level

We have had multiple high severity incidents where degradation of one service for reasons such as latency, looping, database contentions, deadlocks etc ends up quickly (in matter of seconds) exhausting all available threads within z/OS Connect the...
about 2 months ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

AD lacks inter-relation analysis capability from java service connected to mainframe.

Proposed idea: 1. In current AD 6.0.1/6.1.x all artifacts loaded from z/OS into application discovery on windows would enable user to analyze the inter-module relationships/interdependencies in mainframe alone but it didn't show the holistic view ...
about 2 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

CICS & z/OS Connect Time inconsistent in report

When analyzing through CICS/PA a report of type ZCON we find discrepancies in the times that make it practically useless On one side, CICS appears in Local Time, but the z/OS Connect show the time in UTC. Could this not be unified? Also (obviating...
over 1 year ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

SMF 110 Data to include Lock Details

We recently have had several problems related to LM waits and security delays but have not been able to use SMF data to identify the cause of the LM waits. If we're lucky enough to get a dump we might be able to see tasks waiting on a US lock, but...
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to control when MONITOR1 interval runs.

We would like the ability to control when MONITOR1 interval runs to avoid it running at the same time when we have multiple GDPS K-systems hosted on the same CEC.
8 months ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

Add SQL builder in IDz 16

When moving from IDz 15 with data studio plugin to IDz 16 with built-in DB2 support some of our developers are missing the possibility to graphicly build SQL query with SQL Query Builder, if possible bring this functionality into IDz 16 SQL editor.
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Ability to launch Python from batch like JZOS

We would like the ability to launch Python from batch like the way JZOS can launch Java from batch.
4 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

GDPS Sysplex Resource Management provide confirmation

When using GDPS Metro Sysplex Resource Management function to switch Sysplex policy, please display the policy GDPS is going to activate and switch on panel VPCPASSU.So users can visualize and confirm which policy GDPS is about to activate and con...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

Add bootstrap loading of JWTs in cache and also enable pro-active refresh of bootstrapped JWTs

To decrease latency while procuring JWT tokens when a API request is made to z/OS Connect, its better to implement below logic & provide it as a configurable choice:* Create a list of OAUTH claim requests in a file that will be read by z/OS Co...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Specify the CCSID in the DFHLS2JS utility so that the char data in the data structure can be encoded independently at runtime

We can use the DFHLS2JS utility in the CICS JSON assistant to create from a copybook a bundle that contains the JSON file. The JSON file is normally used again in a CICS transaction. Now it is the case that we want to reuse the utility for another...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration