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IBMZSecurity provider should accept "safkeyring" for Java 11 a la Java 8

According to the IBM Java 11 migration guide the IBMZSecurity provider does not support "safkeyring" as was done in Java 8 but instead uses "safkeyringjce". I find this problematic as it requires changes to configuration parameters in third-party ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 7 Delivered

Enhance CICS-PA to OMEGAMON report

CICS PA OMEGAMON reports process OMEGAMON for CICS (SMF 112 subtype 203) records to produce a detailed view of how CICS transactions use the following types of database management system (DBMS): Adabas , CA-Datacom, CA-IDMS, Supra. In SMF type112 ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

z/OS Connect - Provide a complete fully supported solution for dynamic updates (i.e. updateTrigger mbean)

z/OS Connect - Provide a complete fully supported solution for dynamic updates (i.e. updateTrigger mbean) Updates of Liberty Profile server.xml file, and z/OS Connect zosConnectDataXform files are either: - automatic with a polling interval -- CPU...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

RDz COBOL Editor - column restricted search

COBOL Editor should provide the similar functionality of "Column Restricted" searching as the same as LPEX Editor.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

CICS timeout for web client commands

We use RTIMOUT to limit the amount of time a CICS web client process(WEB OPEN/SEND/RECEIVE/CLOSE) will wait for a response from a web service. According to doc this is our only choice. It would be more convenient to have the ability to specify a t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

cics link to Liberty JVM Server

To make I more easy integrating web technology to existing 3270 views it would be very nice to have the possiblility to exec cics link a Liberty JVM Server. This would give the possibility to refresh a browser view on clicking a 3270 button using ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 21 Delivered

Provide an additional filter for TIM or DTSP (and EQAD3CXT) for IMS to select data in the input message

Customers need a way to select specific instances of transactions based on a specific content of the IMS message.
about 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer Smartcard Login

Our team wants to use the CICS Explorer for CICS administration. Our company's security regulations prescribe using SSL client authentication with certificates for the login process. CICS Explorer just allows login with user id and password. We ne...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

IQIBUTIL JCL pre-processor function

DSC users could use the option to generate JCL for using IQIBUTIL functions via batch jobs.
about 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Request for a new function to record and store all input and output data at run time whether the test result is pass or fail

In Japan IDz users have not adopted zUnit. The reason is that they use COBOL Unit Test Tool before zUnit launch. COBOL Unit Test Tool is GBS IP asset and implemented as an eclipse plugin. However, they cannot use it with next IDz, because it uses ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Delivered