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    Create trace of z hardware instructions

    Create a trace file of execution history of the z hardware instructions similar to the CP TRACE facility in zVM. This should capture the virtual address+opcode to a file for processing later.
    about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    Address Stop / Storage alteration

    An API to hook into emulated cpu so I could halt it when a particular s390 instruction is executed or an address hit and an API to inspect and alter emulated memory. All these APIs are intended for code coverage and debugging
    about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    Manipulate virt 3390 based datasets

    Update the virtual 3390s more easily while the emulator is *not* running - that is, lift some of the restrictions/limitations imposed by pdsUtil. These specially formatted Linux files that are “virtual 3390s” are requested to have these capabiliti...
    about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only

    RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only and not by type-based order like when listing a mix of non-migrated and migrated (DFSMShsm HMIGRATE) datasets. This is currently by design. No doubt, if ...
    about 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

    zD&T utility to copy data from zD&T file to real z/OS volume

    zD&T had a handy facility hckd2ckd to migrate data from real z/os volume to zPDT linux file. Our clients had a requirement to copy data from zPDT linux file to real z/os volume.
    over 8 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    ZD&T web server (Enterprise Edition) to show all files located in SFTP Server

    Customer would like to have the option inside of ZD&T web server (Enterprise Edition) via GUI to see the list of all files (volumes and dataset) located in SFTP server.
    over 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

    RSE idle timeout for edit and browse file as separate configuration (not as common config)

    Hello, Recently we have changed the idle session time out to 15 minutes in IBM explorer for z/OS(RSED AQUA), this had resulted in problem for certain developers and analysts as it frequently timeout when they switch back and forth between IDE and ...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

    ZDT Tools API interface : Provide API to request License Status

    New API needed !When using the Query_License script( /opt/IBM/LDK/query_license), it returns informations regarding licensing (logins CPU, max logins CPU, currently active sessiosn with associatied IP adress,...) We need to get this functionnality...
    almost 7 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    ZD&T v12.0.1 - Dynamic change within DevMap

    Hot Plug additional volume (1 volume = 8GB —current it is preallocate)
    about 7 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

    zDT - Allow ADCD install to custom path

    Allow the location of zOS volumes to be recognized in Tools installed in a custom path. Currently requires the path to be /home/ibmsys1/zDT/adcd. The entire path and specifically adcd directory should be able to user defined, not hard-code and req...
    over 7 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

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