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Provide ability to set and enforce a limit to the number of concurrent LP ECBs

There are tuning (core allocation and shutdown threshold level) implications to running large numbers of LP ECBs. A customer really needs to determine a max number of LP ECBs they will allow to run concurrently. If tuning values are set based on a...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Remove the requirement for the IGZIUXB (IGZIUXC/IGZIUXD) exit with the COBOL v6.2 TEST(SEPARATE) option implementation

Without implementing the the IGZIUXB exit (or it's CICS version IGZIUXC/IGZIUXD), CEEDUMP processing is unable to access SEPARATE DWARF debugging data in the COBOL v6.2 implementation. This results in the local variables and line numbers not being...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

References croisees Rubrique Etat manquantes

Lorsqu'une rubrique est utilis?e dans une entit? ?tat, dans PACBASE on retrouve ces liens avec la commande XR. Dans RPP, les super-r?f?rences de cette rubrique ne donnent pas les m?mes r?sultats. Il manque des liens.
almost 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

CTCz MS Azure support

KUBOTA want to store their backup data into Cloud using Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS, instead of the local tape unit.But they are using Microsoft Azure as their standard Cloud Server and CTCz is not supportable for Azure right now.Please add this...
over 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Delivered

Add a remove all sequence numbers and id area numbering option to RDz

Numbering and Unnumbering in Cobol editor is too complicated and has too many steps. If you have a Cobol source with sequence numbers in col. 1-6 and also in 73-80 and you want to remove both from the source, you would have to perform the followin...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Enterprise Cobol V6R2 - Defect - the "inline off" directive does not work

The ">>inline off" directive does not work as expected. A performed paragraph is inlined despite the ">> INLINE OFF" directive.
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Delivered

Statistics Reporting Enhancements

Customer is looking for CICS PA to provide advanced reporting on CICS Statistic data including the ability to summarize statistics data for reporting and loading into HDBs and/or DB2
about 13 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

ADATA type 0030 records (Source Analysis Records) are truncating source code images

When a macro generates a source image, it replaces the image's 8-character sequence number field with an 11 character string, thus producing a record that is 83 characters long. Then when that image is displayed within //SYSPRINT, it is fully disp...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Delivered

Enhance zUnit DB2 testing input and output functionality

Current DB2 functionality is limited to dataset output comparison only. It would be better if database output comparison is also possible. Additionally, input test case can't be specified if the process reads from the DB2 database.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

CRUISE statistics enhancement

Upon completion of the CRUISE utility, users can display statistics gathered on the DF structure that was processed. Currently, statistics show GT 4B when counters exceed the 4 billion mark. We would like to see count fields expanded to make CRUIS...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered