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Limit the storage a JVM can use in the CICS region

CICS region fails because all the storage below the bar was exhausted. Storage was consumed by the JVM.JVM is running in z/OS adress space - so CICS doesn't recognize this and no SOS will be produces.Related to PMR: 89444,112,84
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Missing details of execution of z/OS Connect in Omegamon IMS traces

When we is reviewing ATVW and ATVD panels we would like get details about z/OS Connect invocations, the same way with DB2 or MQ conexions (info for BAQSTUB execution for example)
about 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Allow export of z/OS Remote Search results which include the # of lines before & after current as specified in preferences

Currently (using RDz v9.1.1), the ability to specify the number of lines before and after current is enabled in preferences. When set, this works by hovering the mouse over the result in the search window and you will see the before/after lines as...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

enhancement to ZOSConnect APi call monitor

It is very difficult to troubleshoot API issues in ZOS Connect. You can set the trace level high and see some information in trace.log but trace.log is not easily readable. It would be great to see something user friendly on monitoring API calls a...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Provide an option in IDz to reveal the password as it is being typed into the password field

RACF passphrases can now be longer than 8 characters - it is possible to define passwords with 100 characters. Those passwords are difficult to remember and it would be nice to have a feature to make the password visible when it is inserted in the...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

RDz - new OFFSET feature request

Problem statement:Whenever the user/ developer needs to know the position and length of a particular variable in the record layout or temporary variable of a working storage section, they need to create a new copybook and open it in File Manager, ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Need a way to set DYNAMNBR on user build JCL card

We need a way to automatically set parameter DYNAMNBR on the JCL jobcard generated by IDz for User build.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Work without deactivate Omegamon RLIM

By default, DebugTool disable Omegamon RLIM for task debugging under it. I think is a good idea convert it to optional (i.e. with a EQAOPTS parameter)
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

change of Internet Links and product names

we are using IBM Explorer for z/OS, mostly CICS Explorer, debug tool plugin and MQ Explorer plugin. The most time consuming activity is the search for a changed product name and the changed Internet link.
about 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 1 Delivered

Permit pjdd to have all JES2 DDName like in SDSF with 'input on' command

pjdd stands for Print Job DDName and today pjdd does not print all Jobs DDName. So the purpose of this ideas is to have all JES2 DDName like in SDSF with 'input on' command
almost 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Delivered