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z/OS Connect log retention

In z/OS Connect, the Liberty runtime does only size-based log rolling and you can only specify the max number of files to keep. Customer is looking to retain the z/OS Connect log one day at a time and say keep them for a months time. Similar to Ap...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

OLSMS display refinements to storage group TOTALs

The current information displayed can be inaccurate when volumes in the storage group are in a Disabled or Quiesced state.
over 1 year ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

CSD import (enhance ADDI to work with CICS definitions from multiple groups)

Our CICS definition file (CSD) uses different groups for different CICS resource types. We have one for Transactions in Program Control Table (PCT) and a separate group for defining Programs (PPT). If Transaction and Programs are in different Grou...

CTG 9.3 : Direct extraction of the RACF ID from a JWT instead of going through a distributed ID mapping

he support for JWT authentication in CTG V9.3 assumes that the JWT contains a distributed ID that then needs to be mapped by CICS to a RACF ID using a RACMAP definition. We would like to send a RACF ID in a JWT claim so that the CTG then extracts ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Delivered

Support greater than 32K length field in Request and in Response

Change z/OS Connect so that it is possible to identify one field in Request and/or one field in Response where there is no maximum length defined in advance, and that field can support several megabytes of data. For this requirement, we need one f...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Missing Replacement-String in COPY REPLACING should be flagged

When using:COPY Bookname REPLACING abcd BY wxyz and there is an typing error in operand-1 (here: "abcd") and so no replacement has been done, it should be an compiler message (informational) with a hint like "No Replacement done".It also should be...
about 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Delivered

Debug: Rewind / History of performs before a breakpoint/abend (COBOL)

Hello IBM, we use the IBM Debug plug-in in IDz in connection with the DBGMGR and COBOL. We miss a function, which we currently use in Compuware Xpediter (simply called "monitor" there): If you activate "monitor" or "monitor COBOL", Xpediter stores...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

Angel support for more than one Liberty per CICS address space

Angel support for more than one Liberty per CICS address space.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Need to stop IDz searching on whole MVS level

Need a way to stop IDz searching on whole MVS level, just like in ISPF 3.4 option, users cannot input "*" as the first dataset qualifier. Otherwise it will cost high CPU on host and frozen in listener.
about 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

ZCEE policy rule property ltermOverrideName

We have multiple IMS environments running under a single IMS system Routing to an environment for a call through IMS Connect is based on the lterm/tpipe name in otma header field.Under ZCEE the filed is blank or hard coded in the ims-interactions....
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered