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Feature to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER, EXPORTEr

We don´t have the option to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER and EXPORTER in the UKO. It would be interestig to have this feature
15 days ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Selecting some charts (e.g. Page Frames) is useful to do per CEC. Currently, a manual filter needs to be set. We should add the CEC name to the appropriate tables, even though it may not be in the specific SMF record.

Some charts make more sense when viewed at a CEC level. Real storage is an example. Currently, the customer needs to ensure that they manually set a filter to limit the reporting to a specific CEC. We should simply support the CEC name as an addit...
15 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

When adding multiple metrics to a chart, we always go back to the top of the list. We should reshow the list after the last metric that was added (they are shown alphabetically).

This is slightly annoying to have to page down again (sometimes many pages) to get back to where you just were. We should reshow the list after the last metric that was added (they are shown alphabetically).
15 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Provide CLANG scan-build tool on AIX for Open XL C 17.1+

Provide the scan-build tool to front-end CLANG static analysis. This would greatly aide in migrating codebases from older versions of XL C to the new compilers. All compiler users on AIX would benefit.
15 days ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / AIX 0 Submitted

When a task purge/forcepurge attempt fails, there will be a log message saying so

We get a lovely message saying that the request to purge (or force purge) a task has been accepted. If it works, we get a message saying the task ended. If it doesn't... nothing.
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

Change the timing of the first ASMTDLI call to shorten database unavailability during takeover phase

We are looking for a way to shorten the database unavailability during the Online Reorg takeover phase. At present, in some cases the database is unavailable for up to 3 minutes. ORF team investigated with IMS team, From the results of the investi...
3 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Enhance SuperC (ISRSUPC) to Add Option to Suppress Report Headers

Using SuperC in Batch (ISRSUPC) the ability to suppress the report headers would be helpful for applications that only need the report data.
about 2 months ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Needs more information

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...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

TAGGING File Refresh using CEMT

In Current Scenario , After Implementing CICSTAG.yaml CICS tagging file , there is 2 option . 1- Recycle the CICS region 2- Login to CICS region and issue CECI SET TAGS REFRESH In my firm we have 500+ CICS region running in one Lpar, and we will n...
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Additional time options for Not Started Alert/Action at operation level

Not Started Alert feature at job level, allows to define a specific day and time to request an Alert or an Action for those operations that didn’t start within that time. This feature could be improved adding the possibility to select as time opti...
6 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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