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In PL/I MPO to Java converter in J2C Add the ability to use bit values other than multiples of 8

During a POC, IBM Germany is attempting to use the PL/I MPO to Java tooling in J2C packaged with IDz but supplied by RAD. The include file has bit fields that are currently not supported. This request is to add support for bit fields other than in...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 0 Future consideration

TWS not status update before Tracker start

【Environment】 z/OS 2.1TWS 9.2 5Host SYSPLEX JES-MAS Event detection using JES-EXIT Controller runs on one host Scheduled to be released to IzWSV9.5 on October 30, 2021. 【Events】During host maintenance, only the maintenance target host is stopp deg...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 6 Future consideration

CTC inventory to cloud audit

CTC should support an audit function which can be used to identify and correct discrepancies that may result between the host based CTC inventory and the actual objects currently resident in a target cloud repository.
over 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add the capability of Hydra support to CTC

There is a customer currently in the PoC process using IBM CTC and is very interested in the product but they are requiring Hydra Support.
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IMS JDBC driver-equivalent SQL support for IMS Administration Tool ISPUFI feature

Currently the IMS Administration Tool ISPUFI feature is based on COBOL and the IMS native SQL support of IMS. This leads into many restrictions of the SQL functionality compared to what the IMS JDBC driver provides. Please enhance the IMS Administ...
over 6 years ago in IMS Administration Tool for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

ITOM enhancements request

We are asking the development to deploy these two functions: 1) We used to have a way of printing a report within an INDEX/VIEW in a batch job with CA-View. As far as we know, ITOM does not have this functionality. 2) When issuing the equivalent o...
over 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

NTH File usage in the TOM

One of the nice things in the Omegamon Classic monitor for DB2 is the information when the Near Term History files wrap. This indicates the frequency of their use and provides a basis to increase their size or the number of them. This is something...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 5 Future consideration

TPF Client channel does not support SSL

TPF is inquiring if there is any future possibility of adding SSL to our ZMQID DEF parms for our client channels to be defined securely. We are currently in a project with z/OS MQ and concerns are being raised creating channels without TLS on the ...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Recover autotask/operator assigned to a MTR resource

SA MTRs that execute timed commands, once in execution or queued to an autotask, are never rescheduled if assigned AUTWRK is cancelled. A STOP+START of the affected MTRs is required to reschedule them. To solve this user can create an automatic RE...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Add FIX capability to SYS1 catalog compare in Adv Catlg Mgr (as previously requested in RFE34731)

I had submitted RFE34731 for Adv Catalog Mgnt for zOS 2.4 to add the capability to compare SYS1 datasets in different master catalogs and provide the fixes to sink up the missing datasets. Just like the alias compare does now. I receive notificati...
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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