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new LIMITS-STRING-Suboption 64K

the compiler option limits(string(64K)) should be also allowedVARYING strings could then still have a 2-byte prefix, but the compiler and library code would treat that length prefix as UNSIGNED FIXED BIN(16). in this case the compiler should use a...
about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

NVP(Name Value Pair) Area Display in Dumps

It would be helpful if NVP area would always be included when dumping all ECBs.
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

XMLNAME attribute for xmlchar

XMLCHAR converts a structure to XML sometimes it's necessary to use XML names including none allowed PLI characters (e.g. ":")
about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

VTAM BUFFER POOLS workspace in eu3270i

SunTrust Services is a user of OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks and uses the CUA (both in standalone mode and via OMEGAVIEW) to monitor VTAM Buffer Pools.
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Set a pacing value for ENF SIGNAL TYPE 71 notifications within a single LPAR

Our LPAR was kicked out of the SYSPLEX because the increase for additional SQA had exhausted the available CSA when numerous security updates were signaled. All of our CICS regions (approximately 180), executing under CICS TS 5.3, had the RACFSYNC...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

export macro variables

To use HATS for QA automation, we need the ability calculate values using macro variables but then be able to pass those final macro variable values back to the calling program. Either we need to be able to expose macro variables to the calling pr...
about 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Delivered

zDT Tools - Add volumes & datasets to ADCD image from source z/OS system

A must is to be able to add datasets and volumes from the source system to zDT ADCD image. This would include after the initial ADCD image is built. This is required for every customer PoC to be able to add datasets and volumes to the ADCD image u...
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Delivered

Customisation IPTABLE

Impossiblité de paraméter sur l'interface web les ports qui sont définis dans l'iptable sur le serveur linux zdt_ config_tcpports 0:21 23:2021 2022>22 2023:3269 3271:9449 9452:65535 zdt_config_udpports 111 514 1023 1044:1049 2049
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Delivered

Remote z/OS Search - Remember the last search

Saving/keeping the filters in Remote z/OS Search, so you do not have to reenter the same Things more than once.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Statistics for Client Connection Attributes - Group, include #threads per / IP Source

We had an instance of when a single client Connection Pool took all the Connection threads in CTG; causing performance issues (thread shortage, unable to get connection thread). It would be good to know what IP was taking all the connection thread...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Delivered

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