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VSAM access with RLS=NRI does not show in FA's report

When we are using Fault Analyzer to investigate a VSAM RLS open problem in batch, we found that in the the dump created by the batch the file open status shows all status(INPUT, OUTPUT & I/O) for a VSAM RLS file. After testing, we found the fa...
over 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support RD&T running on virtualization environment such as VMWare vSphere.

Customer's their own IT policy is to use virtualization environment instead of buying new HW. So, they strongly want to run Rational Development and Test Environment (RD&T) on virtualization environments. But now, IBM doesn't support it yet. W...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Backup - add to Preferences to select how often, how many copies

Currently, if I want to backup my workspace I have to do it manually. This is request to add such a feature to Preferences and be able to specify how often I want to backup, where to keep the copy and how many copies I want to keep - the same way ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Modify Fault Analyzer to set a default View from the IDI.SIDIVIEW file

Customer would like to be able to set up a system-wide view that can be used as their default. They would like to be able to set this default view in the IDI.SIDIVIEW file.
over 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Encrypt local cache on PC

Encrypt local cache on the PC.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Encrypt local cache on PC

Encrypt local cache on the PC.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Be able to edit under Data Perspective the rows retrieved by an SQL statement

Today with Data Perspective we have the ability to edit a table, just by selecting the table in the explorer view and with Edit action. In this case we will be presented with the rows of the table.We find it very useful to set the criteria of the ...
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

generated SYSLIN SPACE value TRK,(3,3) can be too small

When Object Deck Dataset is not set in the property group, RDz will generate a JCL with a SYSLIN SPACE value of TRK,(3,3) For example with assembler: //ASM.SYSLIN DD DSN=&&OBX0000, // UNIT=SYSDA,DISP=(MOD,PASS),SPACE=(TRK,(3,3)), or with C...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Not under consideration

Enhance the pushtoClient option of RDz for property groups

For RDz, the push-to-client feature should be modified to preserve any alternative property groups that a user may have created in between 'pushes'.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Not under consideration

Find in Fault Analyzers views

When using Faault Analyzer in 3270 mode it is possible to issue the Find cammand to search for specific strings.When using the Fault Analyzer perspecive in RDz the views are lacking the Find funktion (the Find is greyed out). Enabing Find in the F...
about 16 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration