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Rational Developer Z Temporary Dataset Name

We would like to be able to control the name of the VCMTEMP dataset . Currently, the first two qualifiers of the dataset name are hard coded to be &SYSPREF.ISPF. We would like to be able to change them to &SYSPREF.&SYSUID or &SYSPR...
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Not under consideration

dVIPA for RDz

Support dVIPA in RDz as suggested in the IVP for RDz Currently?the?IVPs?are?not?dynamic?DVIPAaware. DVIPA is today a widely used and a reliable technique in most SYSPLEX-Environments. Exploiters should use the functionality presented by the platfo...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

RDz should implement the TCPIP connection state of the art

As of today, the TCPIP initialization of RDz is not as it should be. There are 2 cases. The first one is if RDz is connecting to TCPIP during initialization and TCPIP is not yet up. RDz does NOT do any retries as other products (CICS etc) do. RDz ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

What a stupid way to distribute PTF's

This is about the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. Come on IBM, so how many times do I have to run an APPLYCHECK before I finally have all of the pre's/co's? Why isn't maint. for this product dist. the same as Z/OS and CICS where we sup...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Not under consideration

Rdz & the WLM Enclave services

The Developer for System z host consists of several components, each starting one or more tasks( could be MVS or OMVS tasks with processes).Today, to manage the end user response time, we have to set different subsystem types goals (STC, OMVS, APP...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

RDz OMVS Root

I would like to set a default OMVS Root directory for RDz 7.5 Users when I start the RSE job. Product currently defaults to /.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Not under consideration

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