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RDz support for Mac

Currently, RDz runs on a Windows machine and Linux (I believe). I would like to see RDz (and all plug-ins) like DataStudio, IA, etc. run on a Mac machine.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

SMF 123 records should be logged for all access attempts to z/OS Connect

The ability to monitor authorization failures HTTP401 and file not found HTTP404 early failures is now available to be monitored in Omegamon/JVM but this same information is not written to the SMF 123 records. As SMF is the main security and audit...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Identify the jobnames of the batch requests via EXCI.

Customer would like to identify the jobnames of the batch requests via EXCI. He suggested to put this information in the PHAPPLID (APPLID from previous hop data) field and additionaly in the DFHSN1500 message.Customer has pointed that there is a W...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

GDPS LCP - Report Capture status

Today with GDPS LCP on Metro we have multiple captures and a low multiplier for our volumes. As a result we have seen many volumes fall out of SGC on the DS GUI which means they are no longer recoverable as part of certain capture sets. We underst...
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 7 Delivered

Dependencies visible (like VERIFY screen) at stop in SMU

It would be helpful if when you stop an application in SMU, you also get to see the dependencies that may also be stopped (the VERIFY screen).Then you can easily decide whether to quit with or without dependencies.Of course, the dependencies can a...
about 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Delivered

Confirm zDT Running in a Docker Container is Supported

Include Docker containerisation in the list of supported run environments. We'd be more than happy to have this caveated (e.g. on RHEL, with the image based on RHEL, etc) to limit the testing requirements for the support team.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 4 Delivered

zOS Connect - MQ data required in the Interceptor SPI

The requirement is that System of Record data must be made available in the Interceptor SPI. The data at postInvoke() should include MQ queue manager name, request queue name, reply queue name, as well as the SoR entry and exit times.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Delivered

SuperSession, combine password/passphrase

We need SuperSession to use the same field for password and passphrase entry. If the input is 8 characters or less it should pass the input to password and if the input entered is 9 characters or more it would send the input to passphrase. Most of...
almost 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Enhance CICS PA to process zOS Connect SMF Data for API Requesters

Enable CICS Performance Analyzer to process the SMF data produced by zOS Connect for API Requesters
about 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Delivered

Omegamon subsystem and z/OS history handling - loading newest data first

For large Sysplexes with many LPARs it last from 90 till 150 minutes of loading-time for the Omegamon subsystem dataspace. Meanwhile there's no history in the e3270ui (TOM) available.
almost 6 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Delivered