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GDPS z/OS Proxy shutdown

Using GPDS V4.1 and V4.2 Metro with z/OS Proxy systems.Today, when shutting down multiple systems or a site thru a script, the systems are shut down in the following order 1 - stop main sysplex - parallel 2 - stop xDR managed systems - parallel 3 ...
over 5 years ago in GDPS 16 Delivered

iDz 'Real-Time Syntax Checking' has only COBOL v.5.1 option available

In iDz under the Preferences -> COBOL -> Features -> Real-Time Syntax Checking, under the 'Validate against compiler versions' it seems that Enterprise COBOL V5.1 is default and nothing else is selectable.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

IZPCA: New subtype record definition for SMF 119

Hello,related to TCP/IP for z/OS Component on IZPCA, we ask you the possibility to define new record for SMF 119 for following subtype:SMF 119_41 SMC-R link group statistics recordSMF 119_42 SMC-R link state start recordSMF 119_43 SMC-R link state...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Delivered

Configuration Manager - provide a variable for the Linkage Editor module or hard code exec PGM=HEWLH096

By default, when running Configuration Manager, it calls the IEWL Linkage Editor module. We would like an enhancement to Configuration Manager where a variable is provided for the Linkage Editor module so that you can set it to something else such...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Delivered

SMF123 V2 don't capture info about API Requesters

We tried to replace the auditInterceptor with the new auditinterceptorV2 but this does not capture information from the API Requesters , forcing us to use the auditinterceptorV2 at the global level and the auditinterceptor specifically in zosconne...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Authentication and identity propagation for API Requesters

It's impossible to flow an identity end to end in the case of outbound, while for inbound it's smooth and allows to integrate heterogenous systems (Windows, Siebel, etc.) using standard modern protocols. All currently proposed authentication metho...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Allow cicstags.yaml code to exclude DFHHC0801W for CICS_CAT3_CONFIGURATION

After upgrading to CICS TS 6.1 these messages would come out in the JESMSGLOG every 30 minutes when the zOS health checker runs: +DFHHC0801W CICSX0 Transaction CESF does not invoke program DFHSFP. +DFHHC0801W CICSX0 Transaction CESL does not invok...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

z/OS Connect API -> Transaction Tracing

Objective To be able to identify performance degradation at a single API/transaction level in both CICS and IMS Description The business has an operational requirement to track every z/OS Connect API call which hits CICS / IMS DC (currently offere...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

We would like to have an option in ORF to backout any changes done during the Takeover Phase if Takeover is not completed successfully.

If ORF ABENDs during the Takeover Phase, the database is left off-line and in a prohibit authorization state. It may take some time to diagnose and resolve the issue which caused the ABEND and the database is unavailable during this time. In a cas...
about 2 years ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect Logging

Provide a way to log all of the key data values (headers, response time, HTTP status, etc.) to a formal logger such as z/OS logger and/or SPLUNK.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

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