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regex expressions to JSON schema and Swagger docs

Adding regex expressions to JSON schema and Swagger docs is required.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Improve Data Set Commander IQIBUTIL performance with PDS to PDS copy functions

The IBM Data Set Commander IQIBUTIL utility will copy a PDS to another PDS. This requirement is to improve the CPU and EXCP performance when performing this copy process.
over 4 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 4 Delivered

new BIF: MEMCHECKSUM(), CHECKSUM()

We would like a CHECKSUM() Builtin function like that on the Principles of Operations / CKSM. As we use it on larger data, it may be a MEMCHECKSUM() with pointer and length.
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

In Database Recovery Facilitate provide a method to show the percentage of the recovery process

When running recoveries, especially large scale recoveries such as disaster recovery, DBAs are asked to provide an estimate of when the recovery will be completed. It would be helpful to have some sort of means to see what percentage of the entire...
about 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 2 Delivered

Encryption Key Server

It would be nice to see if a data set is encrypted and the key server that controls it. This could be displayed in either the TEP/e3270 or in RDM.
about 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Client 2 Delivered

Logger of RDz access for Security Auditor

There are several security concern from system Z customer view.The system Z customer who is using TSO/ISPF can enable the monitor function to log who and when access. Which member is deleted by whom.However, RDz access don't go through the TSO ses...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Delivered

Enterprise Cobol V6 - Alternative to CEEGTST, CEEFRST and CEECZST for UNBOUNDED ODO tables

Enterprise Cobol V6 compiler brings the ALLOCATE and FREE statements for managing the memory associated with a structure defined in the LINKAGE SECTION. These statements are not directly applicable to an UNBOUNDED table but can allocate and free m...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

Do not use the name in CICS program used in the WSDL

Do not use the name in CICS program used in the WSDL
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Long displacement support for dependant/labeled USINGs

Dependant USINGs cannot be established beyond the 4K limit of the original 370 12-bit displacement instructions. With the prevalence of 20-bit long displacement instructions, we would like HLASM to support dependant and labeled USINGs for the full...
almost 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 5 Delivered

IBM Output Manager support for non US-code page in BJTCUNLD

When loading the ITOM catalog/index from an IDXOUT file exported from CA-VIEW (SAR), one of the steps involves running a sequence of jobs from the customised SBJTSAMP called BJTJCXV1, BJTJCXV2 abd BJTJCXV3.In the last step of the BJTJCXV2 the prog...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered