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Allow IPCONN USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) parameter w/o SSL for IPIC-connected CICS running in different intranet sysplexs

IPIC Connections between CICS regions running in different LPARs active in trusted SYSPLEX's, require secured SSL connections if the IPCONN USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) parameter is specified for the IPCON resources. This is documented here:http://www-01.ib...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

ZSDEA modifications to support FENCED OFF file pool support

ZSDEA Modifications - Allow file pool "FENCING OFF" or the ability to de-activate a range of ordinals without requiring RAMFIL DE-ACTIVATION updates to the FACE TABLE. IBM's RAMFIL parameter is used to indicate if a pool segment is going to be dea...
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Push to client support is needed for "local" z/OS project property groups

We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

EYU9XSTR Threadsafe

Convert the EYU9XSTR Exit to be Threadsafe
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Stateless non-use Tpipes to be cleared after 2 checkpoints instead of 3

Currently stateless non-use tpipes are cleared after 3 checkpoints. Due to potential high volume of stateless tpipes would like the system to clear them sooner to avoid resource shortages. This specifically comes into play for us due the increased...
almost 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Future consideration

To enable an option in the COBOL compiler to get the DB2 integrated coprocessor behaves as the separated DB2 precompiler does

We have been using the COBOL 4.2 compiler for years in our shop. We have just begun to use the integrated SQL coprocessor, instead of the separated DB2 precompiler and we are experiencing problems with the continuation lines. The manual says the p...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 48 Not under consideration

Longer Message/User Data CODE 'Value Returned'

The Value Returned from Messages/User Data CODE entry is currently 30 characters. This function would have been really useful but this isn't enough characters for the data we need. Can this field be expanded. Maybe to 159 to match the User data le...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow to interrupt before automatic restart. (DFHSJ1009)

We need an indicator before the JVM restarts (80% of runaway time), to allow us to shift the workload, before the JVM restarts. This topic was already discussed in a meeting with Hursley and the German CICS Tech Sales.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Count number of calls of csects/subroutine/entry point - No 2

It's important to know how often a csect / subroutine / entry point is called so that you can differenciate if you spend a long time in a single csect / subroutine / entry point or visited several times. We want to know the number of calls of a sp...
over 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Display current and diagnostic data of BUSED/BLOG

Z/TPF System needs diagnostic tools to display and analyze the status of Globals @@BUSED and @@BLOG, as well as the ordinal data for each processor. This data is very useful during activities such as processor de-activations, planned outages, File...
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration