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Possibility of logging in and logging out of a session, by calling an external API

In order to track users connecting and disconnecting in an applinx server farm, we want to update an external table by calling an API service. Instead of going through all the farm servers and checking if a session exists or not.
2 months ago in ApplinX 1 Under review

We are asking for an enhancement to FM for IMS to have the capability of add/update a template, for an IMS managed ACB system running in an IMS data sharing environment, on any IMS within the data sharing environment.

The capability to add/update a template for an IMS managed ACB system, on a system where the IMS region isn't running, isn't in the current design of File Manager. We would like to see the enhancement of the product, to run/update a template on an...
2 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Under review

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file.Refer TS016428390
7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Under review

APPMON should work for Natural RPC Server when zIIP feature is activated

Application Monitoring (APPMON) doesn't show NATRPC requests when using NATETBZ(zIIP eligible). We tested, Brokerstub NATETB23(not zIIP eligible) instead of NATETBZ(zIIP eligible) and surprise APPMON shows NATRPC requests. For having a proper appl...
2 months ago in EntireX 1 Under review

Increase the character limt of the JVMPROFILE attribute in JVMSERVER CICS resource definition.

Right now, the character limit of JVMPROFILE attribute in JVMSERVER CICS resource definition is limited to 8 Chars. However the character limit allowed for a Unix file in z/OS is 1023 Chars. The 8-character limit on JVM profiles restricts our abil...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

Need HACP EE to allow for the customization of its navigation bar just as Host On-Demand does

Currently, HACP EE V 4.2 offers a very limited option for the user to customize the navigation bar. We need user to be able to customize their HACP EE navigation bar just as if not better than what Host On-Demand currently offers.
3 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Under review

Add Kafka to Open Enterprise Foundation

The open source tool Kafka is increasingly becoming a common platform for Z tools. We know of Omegamon, Common Data Provider, IBM Z Anomaly Analytics. The idea is to add this therefor to the Open Enterprise Foundation product.
7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 4 Under review

Solicitamos que EXX con seguridad pueda contemplar un ‘APPL=nombre_aplicacion’ de tal manera que el aplication name profile sea consistente e idéntico en las distintas LPARs y de esta manera se pueda utilizar la autenticación con passticket sin problema”

Disponemos de dos LPARs en nuestro entorno de Producción (EX83 y EX90) y queremos utilizar una VIPA distribuida de acceso a estas LPARs. Queremos montar nodos EntireX (EXX) con seguridad (en cada LPAR) y utilizar passticket para autenticar a los u...
4 months ago in EntireX 1 Under review

Collect data provider info for outbound z/OS Connect server

As per TS017415564, Citi needs to send performance and other critical operational data for zOS connect outbound servers to zLDA. These includes but not limited to request URI/endpoint used, response received from provider and https codes.
4 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

JES output - download to PC all at once (TS017049927)

Please see ticket TS017049927. Ticket question: I am trying to download a list of JES OUTPUTS to my PC. I see you can export individual ones easily but dont want to do this for each one. I tried highlighting all the output, clicking FILE>EXPORT...
4 months ago in z/OS Explorer / All components 1 Under review

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