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 EXTEND CEDA CHECK LIST Command like GRPLIST syntax

Description: Extend CEDA CHECK Command to allow values like in GRPLIST OPTION in DFHSIT. LIST Values should be specified also with + sign and * like documented in CICS System Definition Guide.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enhance DFHWB0363 to distinguish between "No client certificate provided" and "No UserID returned form ESM"

Today when a TCPIPService uses Client Certificate Authentication, we sometimes run into DFHWB0363 - A client certificate that maps to a valid userid is required. However, this message alone does not tell us if the client send a certificate that th...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Is a defect

Console message when IP trace to tape queue threshold is reached

Our IP trace data is written to RTA tape. Our coverage team has noticed that during RTA tape switch processing, sometimes IP trace data seems to be missing. This likely the result of RTA tape queue exceeding our CK2IPTPQ (100) value. PIU trace log...
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Improve SAMPLIB(DFH$DB2T)

SAMPLIB member SDFHSAMP(DFH$DB2T) is shipped without a column for LIST NAME. The same applies to SDFHSAMP(DFH$SQLT).The tables without a LIST NAME are almost useless. Please add column LISTNAME CHAR(8) to all tables, as well as the LOAD statements...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Increase the send / receive buffer sizes to greater than 1 meg

Increase the send / receive buffer sizes to greater than 1 meg - would also require an increased window scale factor supported by TPF
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Provide more information in OPR-F and OPR-FFFFFFC dumps

The information provided in the OPR-F and OPR-FFFFFFC dumps is not helpful. There is just not enough information in the dumps to be able to track back to a root cause. Having the original LNIATA, the original EBROUT(if they are different), the ori...
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

support National data type in TXseries API

In order to support Multilanguage, the data types will be converted from PIC X single byte to PIC N - National . TXseries API variable should be National data type as well. WE use is when linking a program (LINK) writing TSQ (the TSQ name) ENQ (th...
almost 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Explorer - Editor plug-in needed

I think there is an urgent need for a proper editor plug-in for z/OS Explorer, that will provide at least the same functionality as the ISPF editor for:- COBOL- REXX- JCL- CLIST
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Hotspots options for point-and-select (double click)

Customer want to use mouse to double-click on the screen.HOD does not have this options for point-and-select whencompare with PCOMM.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Import copybooks from z/OS – add ability to import structures with ++include statements

This support exists for importing from local project but not from z/OS. Our system has lots of these includes and we don't want to support 2 copies of our copy book members, one for our applications and one that would only be used for E4D.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration