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Start/stop debug region in multiple LPARs with the use of preferences

For debug IMS isolation Ability to start/stop two different private IMS regions in parallell LPARs using different job cards for each job that is started. When starting one region from configuration option Remote IMS application with Isolation, a ...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

IBM Debug should honor the Special-Names Decimal-Point setting in COBOL

At the moment the Eclipse Debug views "Variables" and "Monitors" only display fractional values (like s9v99) with a decimal-point (e.g. "3.14") In most countries of Europe including Germany the common decimal-sign is a comma (e.g. "3,14") so the p...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

RTMC - SSL Connections for Kafka

Need the ability to easily configure tpfrtmc and the RTMC analyzer to connect to kafka with SSL. Example of relevant settings below. May not be a complete list. security.protocol=ssl.keystore.location=ssl.keystore.password=ssl.key.password= ssl.tr...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Make CP22 APAR PH44215 (new back chain validation) configurable by new CRUISE Table parameter.

CP22 APAR PH44215 included new back chain validation where the backward chain in the prime should now be the last in chain. Full backward chain validation is also in play with PH44215.We ran into some old/legacy databases that were created before ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

[RPP] Rule "éviter les expressions NEXT SENTENCE"

Related to archived case TS002533615 in RPP 962 : Il ne faut pas appliquer cette règle sur ce qui est généré par une ligne N de type IT DW DU... car c'est le générateur qui produit la clause NEXT SENTENCE. Bernard ETIENNE wrote " I confirm this de...
over 1 year ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Delivered

"show steps" should also support the backward reference in the PGM parameter of an EXEC statement in the JCL

The "show steps" function should support the backward reference in the PGM parameter of an EXEC statement in the JCL. Actually, if we submit the following job (adjust job card as needed), then right click on the Job inthe Remote systems explorer v...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

GDPS/LCP with SGC in any SITE for MGM 4-SITE topology

We would like the ability to use GDPS/LCP to take a SGC capture in any of our 4 possible SITEs in a MGM 4-SITE topology. Today we have virtual isolated LCP and are taking SGC captures on our local Prod disk with our MzGM (XRC) 4-SITE, and then w...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

Eclipse - the FA plug-in to to have variables with invalid values highlighted in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays.

In Eclipse UI, there should be option to highlight the invalid values in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays. This will help user to be able to focus on what should be investigate. Now it's only plain text and hard to find where shou...
over 2 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Multi-Thread ZPOOL INIT Entries

Currently the ZPOOL INIT functions are single threaded, and there is a real need for these functions to be mult-threaded. The multi-threaded logic currently runs in seconds(production) and minutes in Native and VPARS. The current IBM logic runs fo...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Eliminate need for SYSUT3 in IQIBUTIL JCL

Sometimes when running IQIBUTIL (IEBCOPY replacement) it will fail and require the coding of the SYSUT3 work dataset in order for the copy to complete. This is troublesome when it is only sometimes needed and jobs will sometimes work but then fail...
over 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

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