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Unable to run FTP script in PComm

Reflection allow users to invoke a script that contains native FTP commands. We have been unable to perform this functionality in PComm.
about 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 CONTROL Parm Values

Please enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 Control Parm values. Presently the Class Inheritance for the defined DB2 Control parms are not working as documented. Please refer to IBM's Defining Automation Policy manual starting on page 12 under the...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

New SAF call to protect execution of GDPS planned actions

We do now execute scripts from TWS via the GDPS REST Api interface. That gives us a new requirement for protection of our user scripts.User scripts are named and defined by the user(me) with our own naming conventions.
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 3 Planned for future release

AUTHDEF TRACE ( SAF trace ) needs to be started/stop via command instead of restarting the controller task

Currently to trace security issues in Z workload scheduler it is necessary to alter the controller parms to have TRACE(8) in AUTHDEF, cycle the controller, collect the EQQMLOG, then set TRACE(0) again and cycle the controller again. This makes it ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Increase the Maximum Size of the IRLM Lock Entries from Its Current Maximum of 1024 MB lock entries.

Currently we have a large number of false contentions within our IMS data sharing group, and we have increased the LTE value to 256 which causes us to reach the Maximum size of 1024mb.(256 * 4 Byte Entry = 1024mb) We need to be able to increase th...
9 months ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Under review

TXSeries use of PAM module needs rveiew

So the issue is that basically WebSphere Liberty is running as user cics AND thru the Web interface, in the back-end, the TXServies Web still tries to execute su - cics as demonstrated below in the screenshot, IT is NOT necessary to su to 'cics' a...
about 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

FM/IMS LIST=ACTIVE to show only active IMS-subsys like in FM/DB2

In FM/DB2 there is an option in FMN2POPT to list only the active DB2's when you get the popup to select you r db2 subsys. In FM/IMS this is not available. We always try to install on 1 system and roll out to all other systems. So we could realize ...
about 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

TWSz - Tool needed for localizing cause of Critical Path gap

Tool needed for localizing successor-flow causing gaps in Critical path.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Add an option to Refresh dependencies and SYSLIB automatically (in one shot) during Remote syntax check

Requested evolution :Refresh dependencies AND refresh SYSLIB automatically in one shot, during the Remote syntax check. For example, during Remote Syntax check, a window can be displayed, asking for several choice like :1/ "Refresh dependencies an...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 6 Future consideration

: Preprocessed lines in PL/I Editor should be colored like normal lines

After the local preprocessor is used to preprocess a PL/I file in the PL/I Editor, all lines that are changed by the preprocessor are colored dark blue. This is even true for statements that extend over more than one line, where the first line is ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

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