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    start debugging in second program called by CALL

    It is not currently possible to configure the debugger to start in a program other than the first in the chain (as is possible with other debuggers) if the first program calls the second with CALL and not with EXEC CICS LINK. It would be very usef...
    7 months ago in COBOL Compilers / Linux 1 Planned for future release

    Exploit 64-bit storage area for DRLPLC

    As we have many IMS hosted on the LPAR, 31-bit storage area is running thin. We would like to use larger BUFFER SIZE to run Collector to improve performance, but there's not much BTB storage around to share. There are plenty of real storage on the...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Please provide alerting for when continuous collectors stop collecting

    Recently we had a situation where some of our continuous collectors stopped committing records. The tasks remained up, there were no warning or error messages on the joblog, but no records were being committed. The tasks also held locks and caused...
    4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    KPMZ_WORKLOAD_T: fields related number of transactions and the response time when HPDBAT is active (OA62758)

    Hi all,we work with IZPCA table named KPMZ_WORKLOAD_T to execute analysis on performance at service class level.When HPDBAT is active on DB2 of our systems, fields TRANSACTION and TRAN_ELAPSED_SEC show us misleading informations.On OA61811 (https:...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

    Please remove the &PREFIX from every SQL CREATE VIEW statement in SDRLDEFS

    I am creating this RFE again, it is a duplicate of the TDSz RFE titled "Use SHEMAs in TDSz SDRLDEFS members" from 2018. Our corporate naming standards do not allow for creating the DRL or DRLSYS secondary auth IDs. All the views in IZPCA are creat...
    5 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Add collection of SMF 42 subtype 15,16,17,18,19 for RLS performance.

    Define a new table that will maintain SMF 42 subtype 15,16,17,18,19 for RLS performance.
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

    Mapping for SMF 1154 records

    Hello! AMEX required mapping for SMF 1154 records. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=reference-type-1154-smf-records
    5 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology) and load them in a new KPMZ table

    Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology). This will let us get information on the processor Topology of each LPAR and their evolution to better follow & understand var...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 2 Future consideration

    Enhance the Reporting on DASD Volumes such that not all are reported on as MOD9s

    Use the number of cylinders per Dasd volume to denote if a MOD27 or MOD54 rather then denoting all volumes as MOD9s.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Planned for future release

    Modify the Access Requirements to Install and Support the Software to minimum Level Required Rather then SYSADM.

    SYSADM access is too broad for an Application to need. This will allow for better usage and support then having to hand off tasks between areas for installs, adding components and maintenance.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

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