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LPEX JCL editor needs to have the same syntax support as JCL editor

LPEX JCL editor currently does not support JCL statements such as EXPORT and related keywords.IDz LPEX JCL editor does not recognize EXPORT statement and related keywords such as SYMBOLS etc.When JCL is coded with EXPORT statement, error - Incorre...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

CPSM Monitoring Tasks Threadsafe - CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED)

Enable the CPSM Monitoring Tasks to run as Threadsafe; running on an Open TCB, CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED). Currently, they run on the QR TCB; and the sampling and occupancy of the QR seems significant, impacting the normal business transaction applicat...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

zD&T Webserver enhancement - Add a feature to capture a list of reply commands

The IPL of our LPAR copy require a manual intervention (through the console) to issue reply commands in order to complete the IPL successfully. Can there be an option in the zD&T Webserver to configure each Image with the option to capture cus...
about 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Balancing workloads for machines with a different physical capabilities

In our situation, we have two production LPARs, each one is on a different MF. Each TOR dynamically routes all transactions to all AORs (on both LPARs) We would really like to be able to control the workload distribution between the LPARs. Since t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Bug fix for hanging sessions

Design change is needed to fix error (see PMR 69599 for details)
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

PWFI to be kept in the program is the same

A PWFI region is waiting for a new message for the transaction ONE. Actually, when another transaction code (TWO) needs the region, ONE receive the Status code QC, all the environment is offloaded. The environment of TWO is load. If TWO is associa...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

Provide XML support in z/OS Connect EE

We would like the capability of using XML-based transformations in addition to JSON..
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Digital - default range machine for enhanced signal producing device for water splitting

Digital default machine-device for enhanced signal producing device with inbuilt provision in cars for water splitting feature supported by small size quantum battery with automatic on / off facility
about 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Prevent Abends in the Software due to Deadlocks, Buffer full, etc.

When the product abends manual intervention is required to restart it. This requires support staff to determine the cause and restart the task. It also requires that a case be opened that your staff has to review and respond it, wasting time, then...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Centralize the Documentation on the Lookup tables

Support Staff will better be able to determine how and why to update the Lookup tables.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration