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Provide GDPS GUI for MGM 3 and 4 Site Topologies

We would like to be able to configure the GDPS GUI for use in our GDPS MGM 3 Site topologies.
over 3 years ago in GDPS 13 Delivered

Map DB2 REST service provider non 200 response to response message in zOS Connect

When DB2 REST service provider responds with non 200 response there is a requirement to map the response message in zOS Connect
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

As a database administrator, I want to be able to tell from the console message what application program caused a dump within the TPFDF middleware, so that I don’t need to post process the dump to get this information.

TPFDF itself checks for errors and can detect many error conditions. In these cases, TPFDF and correctly tags the dump message with the calling application program in a centralized error handling routine. However, if the dump happens in the TPFDF ...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

We would like to have an option in ORF to backout any changes done during the Takeover Phase if Takeover is not completed successfully.

If ORF ABENDs during the Takeover Phase, the database is left off-line and in a prohibit authorization state. It may take some time to diagnose and resolve the issue which caused the ABEND and the database is unavailable during this time. In a cas...
over 1 year ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Issue an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE), if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used to reformat a date-time value

I would like to get an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE) issued, if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used on any DATETIME or TIMESTAMP invocation, like in this code example: dcl out char(80) var; out = 'Run from: ' !! subStr(dateTime...
about 2 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Enhance usability of REPATTERN built-in function by making 3rd argument optional

While DATETIME and TIMESTAMP built-in functions do have a default pattern supported, for REPATTERN both patterns must always be specified, like in the following code example: dcl saveDT char(17);saveDT = dateTime(); out = 'Run from: ' !! rePattern...
about 2 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

CMCI under JVMSERVER doesn't work with hardware certificates

It would be interesting if there was some form (a feature, a parameter of EYUCMCIJ.profile, ...) that would allow to choose the type of keyring that the WLP under which the CMCI runs will use, e.g. JCERACFKS (defautl), JCECARACFKS, JCEHYBRIDRACFKS.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

2fa access to DWC or RestAPI

Actually, the user must identify himself with an userid/password. To enhance the security and make it easier for the lambda user, We have the need being able to use either 2FA or Certificate-based logons to the web-interface of Dynamic Workload Co...
9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

iDz 'Real-Time Syntax Checking' has only COBOL v.5.1 option available

In iDz under the Preferences -> COBOL -> Features -> Real-Time Syntax Checking, under the 'Validate against compiler versions' it seems that Enterprise COBOL V5.1 is default and nothing else is selectable.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

Restore the CP at the moment just before an human error

It happened that by mistake an operator made a massive action on the CP (he completed all the application with status=W/S/E). In this case the RERUN of the erronuosly completed applications was not the solution because the previous batch complete ...
almost 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

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