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Prepare the product using z/OSMF for Software Management

Software management by z/OSMF would make new function, Installation, FIXes, and APARs handling easier.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Planned for future release

Time Stamp Display Format (GMT/Local)

We are requesting the ability to choose the display format of the Time Stamp in CICS Explorer - Completed Tasks to be either GMT or Local time. We would like to publish reports on Completed Task but with a Time Stamp "hard-coded" as GMT will confu...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Upgrade using AD plugin is not a good experience

Customer has issues with AD plugin upgrade as it has to be locally pushed to every desktop for users for the product. If a user accidentally updates the AD plugin and if other users are at a different level , then the project is corrupted. Custome...
11 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

To allow one to Unload an IMS Database with the option of Deferring EPS/ILK Load when Migrating from FF to HALDB

It is useful because it reduces the time from days to minutes to unload FF Databases using MIGRATE or MIGRATX, literally. (If you get it work like BMC of course). In a recent exercise, one of the MIGRATE Unloads had been running for 4 days. We wou...
11 months ago in IMS Database Reorganization Expert for z/OS  / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Update SCNMLNK1 member ISTIECCE to tolerate supported versions of NetView

Providing the ability for new versions of NetView to tolerate supported versions of ISTIECCE (and perhaps ISTIETMN?) would allow significantly higher availability for VTAM users. Per Communications Server documentation: "Because VTAMLIB is opened ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Provide additional commands in Remote Debugger

As we try to run DebugTool MFI and remote using the same configuration and command files we would like to have the following commands supported in RemoteDebugger:- COMMENT- CLEAR LOG- %IF- EVALUATE- LIST %dt-var- GO Also we would like to have a De...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

ADDI - Secondary RACF ID

Currently the product does not support DB2 secondary authorization IDs
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

New tables KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T & KPMZ_CPUMFM1_LP_T

Create KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T & KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T respectively similar to KPMZ_CPUMF1_T & KPMZ_CPUMFM1_T tables but including LP number in key
11 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Not under consideration

New table KPMZ_LPAR_LP_%

Create KPMZ_LPAR_LP_% similar to KPMZ_LPAR_% table but including LP number in key
11 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Norwegian codepage support (1142 and 277) for HACP EE

We need Norwegian codepage support (1142 and 277) in HACP EE. The major difference between Norwegian and Swedish is : Swedish codepage has ä, ö, Ä, Ö, where as Norwegian code page must have æ, ø, Æ, Ø. BTW. The Swedish codepages 1143 ad 278 are al...
11 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

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