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ATTLS for IBM Developer for z/OS, including Enterprise Edition

ATTLS is preferred mechanism for securing connections. IBM Developer for z/OS, including Enterprise Editionshould implement ATTLS support.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

Provide an option in IDz to reveal the password as it is being typed into the password field

RACF passphrases can now be longer than 8 characters - it is possible to define passwords with 100 characters. Those passwords are difficult to remember and it would be nice to have a feature to make the password visible when it is inserted in the...
12 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

Show compilation module time and date stamps in descending sequence on one panel

When teaching the FA class at Highmark, they requested a screen that depicts all the modules accessed by Fault Analyzer during the abend process be depicted on one panel, with the time and date reverse chronological sequence. Other ISV products pr...
almost 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Warning at lack of end-evaluate

It would be handy if the lack of end-evaluate would be reported with a warning.
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

PDS V2 flexibility

This request is to be able to customize the depth of the Persistent data Stores or their number, what the official documentation have called the "default historical interval", as well as the time of switch between one dataset and another
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 4 Delivered

Enable CICS PA to read input directly from a Logstream

We would like CICS/PA to use the logger logstream as input to a CICS performance report, instead of the SMF data.
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

EAV Support for TEMS Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

In OMEGAMON TEMS, PDS files are not supported with EAV devices.
over 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Enhancements to the CSD Resource Groups View.

It would be nice to have an easy view into what CSD groups are associated with what CSD lists. Could a column "CSD Resource List" be added to the CSD Resource Groups View? Also, other views can be "exported" by using control-C and control-V, and t...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Windows 10 support for IMS Explorer required

Up to now the IMS Explorer is only supported to Windows 7 and 8. We also need support to Windows 10 to administer the IMS catalog.
over 6 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Delivered

Automatically Determine Host User ID When Connecting to a Remote System via Certificate Authentication

In z/OS Explorer, all Remote System connection types (FTP, SSH, z/OS, etc.) are by default set to the user ID of the workstation that the client is installed on. To change the Default ID for various connections a user can navigate to Windows/Prefe...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Delivered