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RDz cannot access dataset aliases with symbolic names

On our host platform symbolic names are used. We cannot access dataset aliases, which are using symbolic names. e.g.: 1. This symbolic name is set in SYS1.PARMLIB SYSDEF SYMDEF(&CICS#W4='C1#CIC52') 2. This alias is set CISD.CICS.SDFHPL1 -> ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Delete jobs - confirmation dialog "You are not the owner of ..." should appear only once

Hello, I have the following problem when I want to delete jobs whose owner I am not. Remote Systems View => JESI select a lot of jobs and execute delete. A first confirmation dialog appears "delete selected resources" => see delete_jobs_1.jp...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer 3 Delivered

GDPS/LCP with SGC in any SITE for MGM 4-SITE topology

We would like the ability to use GDPS/LCP to take a SGC capture in any of our 4 possible SITEs in a MGM 4-SITE topology. Today we have virtual isolated LCP and are taking SGC captures on our local Prod disk with our MzGM (XRC) 4-SITE, and then w...
almost 3 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

Limit number of JES jobs displayed in RDz for performance issues

When pulling back more than 100 or so jobs by creating a JES filter, the response time can be as great as 30 minutes for 1600 jobs, in spite of no CPU constraints when viewed in RMF or BMC Mainview performance monitoring tools. There was a similar...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Delivered

Eclipse - the FA plug-in to to have variables with invalid values highlighted in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays.

In Eclipse UI, there should be option to highlight the invalid values in the File/Linkage/Working-Storage section displays. This will help user to be able to focus on what should be investigate. Now it's only plain text and hard to find where shou...
almost 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Eliminate need for SYSUT3 in IQIBUTIL JCL

Sometimes when running IQIBUTIL (IEBCOPY replacement) it will fail and require the coding of the SYSUT3 work dataset in order for the copy to complete. This is troublesome when it is only sometimes needed and jobs will sometimes work but then fail...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Need the support ( "CHAR-VARYING=NO") in API requester design

The client's requirement is CICS1 application invoke outbound API to zCEE then zCEE route the request to another CICS2.The two application in the two CICSs want to use the same REQ/RESP BOOK.The fields in book are all fixed length, so they don't n...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Monitoring enhancement for "Outboard Copy Inhibit" check

Enhance GDPS scripts to include steps to perform a check for "Outboard Copy Inhibit" condition for the volumes on the DS8000 as a health check prior to taking any copy services actions.
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

OMEGAMON JOB Dataset Allocation

Enable OMEGAMON for z/OS e3270ui and TEP the ability to give Dataset Allocation for specific JOB, just like OMEGAMON for z/OS Classsic interface does. This is very usefull when we need to analysis in real time the datasets during a JOB execution.
over 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

@CICSProgram Annotation in OSGi Java Applications

It is possible to annotate methods within a Java EE Application with '@CICSProgram'. Each such annotation causes a corresponding PROGRAM-resource to be created at the time the application is deployed within a CICS-Bundle. For OSGi Applications, ho...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

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