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CICS Transaction Server 5.4 Documentation for Async Service Domain

Fault analysis software like SmartScope, AbendAid and Fault Analyzer require an understanding of the various control block, anchors and domains when post processing system failures (SVC Dumps). APIs and SPIs are not available when analyzing SVC Du...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

SQL Language Support for Internal RDS Tables

Enhance Systems Automation(SAzOS) to allow Sequential Query Language(SQL) against internal table data. Enabling the use of the powerful SQL language would provide at least these benefits:• A universally recognized language to access table data.• S...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

IBM Debug: Search function for program literals to add to Monitor

Hello IBM,we like to have a functionality that was found in Xpediter: When you want to add a variable/literal to the Monitors view "Monitor Expression" and you're not 100% sure how it's call, you should have the option to search for the name of th...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

ADDI: Impact analysis between programs

The user specifies at least 2 programs between which the direct and indirect (via other programs) calls could be made. Programs, which are not in the call chain between the indicated programs, are not indicated in the diagram. Other artifacts such...
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Cloud Agnostic Interface

In order to support multiple cloud providers, define a pluggable interface or an adaptor interface that will be able to accommodate a few different major cloud providers, such as * Google compute engines * Amazon Some cloud providers support the a...
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

adcd install advanced archive for DFSMSHSM

I am interested in trying to use HSM to backup to a NAS......... and I learning about (and blogging about) IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aafd/1.1) so I can backup to minio on Linux
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

RBAC for components & images

Provide read access right to individual images/components so only selected individuals/groups or all users have access to image.
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

move GDPS to run under ansible as compare to NetView

Unify automation solution, increase UNIX usage on z/OS and reduce software cost.
almost 1 year ago in GDPS 4 Not under consideration

change in the behavior of SMOOTHSUBRATE

We have evaluated the use of smoothsubrate in our workload. many thanks for your explanation in the case TS009434150 The current function with the SMOOTHSUBRATE parm is not appropriate for our use, because 1. All workstations (incl general worksta...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

64 bit COBOL for CICS

We would like z/OS CICS Transaction Server to support 64 bit COBOL applications. My understanding is that a 64 bit COBOL compiler is currently not available. But hopefully this RFE will expedite the process of getting all the pieces in place so th...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 10 Not under consideration