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EQQADMIN needs to be modifiable without RACF command

Currently EQQADMIN can only be put into effect via issuing of RACF commands such as RDEFINE EQQADMIN AUTOMAPPING APPLDATA(‘NO’/'YES')or RDEFINE EQQADMIN DWC_userID@Hostname APPLDATA(‘RACF_userID’). If the RACF class EQQADMIN is defined and enabled...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

MTR command length needs to be increased

The current Activate , Deactivate & Monitor commands are limited to 159 characters. It would be nice if there was the ability to add additional linese
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

JZOS file/stream classes should implement Closeable for try with resources

JZOS file and stream classes, such as ZFile should implement Closeable to support try with resources.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Optional Source IP Address for TESTPORT

Customers like Lockheed Martin/CMS use TESTPORT and like it but need to specify an optional sourve VIPA or source IP address in order for TESTPORT to reach the target socket/port. Right now TESTPORT takes the main IP address of the associated stac...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

require system specific connections for Monitor or IPL Completion

The SA dialogues allow you to specify Monitor for IPL Complete. This is an all or nothing setting for wherever the resource is connected to. Looking for a mechanism to either specify which system this monitoring is for or an documented externalize...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Add 'UP' WTO message to NetView TSO Server

Having an 'UP' (initialization complete) WTO message should in theory ensure the NetView TSO Server application is fully functional. As a WTO, it would also provide for efficient automated monitoring. Using IEF403I tells one nothing other than the...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Support for concatenation operator &

We want the "&" concatenation operator, as described in the ISO COBOL standard, to be supported by the IBM Enterprise Cobol compiler.This operator must be able to be used everywhere where a literal is authorized:- declaration of a VALUE in a d...
almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

change in the behavior of SMOOTHSUBRATE

We have evaluated the use of smoothsubrate in our workload. many thanks for your explanation in the case TS009434150 The current function with the SMOOTHSUBRATE parm is not appropriate for our use, because 1. All workstations (incl general worksta...
12 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Include df lrec stats in DF Data Collection

Include lrec accessing stats as part of tpfdf data collection. Include adds, replaces, deletes for top lrecs and their associated subfiles.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

When configuring LDAP/SDBM remove the need for a static 'admin' ID with password and ROAUDIT access

An ideal situation would be if the initial LDAP bind and subsequent query to determine group membership could be conducted under each individual user's specific DN. Under LDAP/SDBM the following bind and search returns multiple LDAP attributes for...
12 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration