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TCPIP Secure Socket

We are wanting to convert from NVAS as a Session Manager to IBM CL/SUPERSESSION. It has been determined that CL/SUPERSESSION does not support Secure Sockets
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

CPSM PROGRAM Table should provide a counter for remote program call stats.

Statistics for use of remote programs is not currently available. Such a statistic would be helpful to have and provide visibility. Suggest that the could be held in the CPSM PROGRAM Table as a new field.Or perhaps a new REMPROG table as for REMFI...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

enable capture when engine tasks are down for any reason

Currently if an engine task is taken down such as for product maintenance, i.e. the SMF engine, any records cut in the period it is down are lost and not streamed to the target. This is obviously an unacceptable loss of data in the real time monit...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

QRY TRAN SHOW(ALL) - does not show ENQ Count

The TYPE-2 command QRY TRAN SHOW(ALL) does not provide a ENQ count, We would like the ENQ Count added when a QRY TRAN SHOW(ALL) is done.
almost 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 4 Not under consideration

No spaces after brackets by IDz COBOL formatter

Currtently the formatter (CTRL+Shift+F) inserts a blank after each opening bracket "(" oder before each closing bracket ")". This is annoying and should be at configurable.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Need new column/field for ACTUAL_JOB_END

When running a historical, statistical, or custom SQL there is no column in either historical or Statistical tables for listing the ACTUAL_JOB_END which would be similar to the ACTUAL_JOB_START field. We would like to see an ACTUAL_JOB_END field a...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

IMS support for OSGi Framework

IMS should support OSGi Framework within IMS Regions (applications)
about 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 2 Not under consideration

Enable 'Active job address space' view for all SYSPLEX address spaces

We have a SYSPLEX of three LPARs. In 'Remote Systems => JES => Active Jobs' I can see all active Jobs of those three systems. In 'Active job address space' view (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adfz/explorer-for-zos/3.2?topic=subsystem-displayin...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

RIP Replacement for z/Systems Open Systems Network Interface

1. Cisco is indicating that it is apparently retiring the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) from its routers/switches, z/TPF needs a replacement such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). 2. The most recent addition of Cisco's most recent...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

IAM SCIM to page LDAP query results

Currently common Service IAM component does have a feature to display the LDAP query results by page. It can get all the results onetime and show it to the user. Due to the large amount of the data, IAM truncates and shows part of the query result...
over 2 years ago in Common Services Library for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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