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Statistics for usage of models in autoinstalls

Like other interesting resource parameters, keep a running tab of the usage of terminal models and program models, and report them in their own identifiers as SMF 110(2) records. This can help in housekeeping, and reduce the chances of trying to c...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Add LIKE capability to dtouch

Add a new optional parameter to dtouch shell command (and corresponding Python API) called --like (or maybe --model) which takes the name of an existing dataset. This argument would override (and could be specified completely in lieu of) other all...
about 2 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

GDPS should recover from secondary dynamic pathing problem

After problems on the secondary Metro Mirror devices due to maintenance on channel paths, following messages occurred: IOS210I PATH RECOVERY INITIATED FOR PATH xx on CU yyyy REAS PATHING ERROR and IOSHS0010I DYNAMIC PATHING IS NOT INITIALIZED FOR ...
12 months ago in GDPS 8 Future consideration

FTDC for GDPS/LCP SGC Capture failures - ODDs to disk

GDPS/PPRC has not been reliably taking ODDs in all GDPS/LCP SGC capture failures that we've seen. As a result, IBM DASD microcode has not been able to determine why several of our SGC captures have failed. This idea is to enhance GDPS/LCP first ti...
about 1 month ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A EQQE036I message replaced if auto recovery is in job and error code tested for is in play. EQQE036I should only be issued when the job ends in error queue and will not b...
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Command driven reload of AGM components in zCEE

Most of the zAPM functions can be manipulated dynamically. We can AGMU STOP/START the CICS component, AGMQ TERM/INIT the MQ components & F container,AGMA IVP to trigger a comms attempt to the DG from container. There does not appear to be a wa...
4 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Future consideration

User fields at occurrence level

Currently we have a PIF interface to add occurrences to the current plan. We need to pass variables to a job/operation that are up to 500 bytes long (for non-zos environment). The variables have to be available to all operations in the occurrence....
8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Validation check function update

In March 2022, we will switch Microfocus's configuration management system (ZMF) to BMC's ISPW.After switching to ISPW, the validation check function that is executed by connecting to ZMF cannot be used.Therefore, please update so that the validat...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

IMS ABEND at IRLM ABEND in non-XRF and non-FDBR IMS

In case of IRLM abend, IMS closes and stops all opened DBs and DEDB areas. It takes a while to close and stop these databases, therefore certain period of time is needed to recover from the outage.For XRF and FDBR enabled IMS, there is an APAR to ...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic Domain Assignment for NetView Workstations

Objective: Enable the capability to dynamically update the domain assignment of a NetView workstation. This functionality should override the existing assignment set via the System Automation (SA) policy, allowing for temporary workload redistribu...
16 days ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

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