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JAVA in CICS - SMF recording of user program/tranid/userid

The customer (FCA/Chrysler) would like to track CPU usage for Java programs running in CICS. From what I can tell the SMF 110 data is only collect for CJSA transactions that the Java programs run under.Does the SMF 110 data for CJSA have any other...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

zunit usermod detects DB2, IMS, LE, MQ that are in different zones

Today there are no automatic way to detect that the DTR, LE, IMS or DB2 modules has been updated in the other SMP/E zone. We are using multiple zones independent of each other and the solution that IBM offers does not work for us. solution: Zun...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

IP Probe: A “telnet-like” IP probe utility for z/tpf

The release of this tool to the public domain has been requested and authorised by sncf tpf systems management. The full code and documentation is available at https://bitbucket.org/iansw/public/src/master/IP%20Probe/ Background: Whilst the use of...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF environment

Many Japanese Banking Customers are using XRF system.Since IMS Managed ACB does not support XRF environment, if IMS Managed ACB becomes mandatory, Japanese Banking Customers can not migrate to IMS V15.So, Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF en...
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 0 Not under consideration

DB2 tooling: Add a feature to control the end users ability to save a DB2 connection password in the IDz clinet.

Currently there is the ability to disable the save password feature for connections to the RSE server using the following server side parameter. _RSE_JAVAOPTS="$_RSE_JAVAOPTS -DDENY_PASSWORD_SAVE=true" This feature does not extend to DB2 on z/OS c...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to perform actions in Aggregated Explorer Views

I am using the CICS Regions view in CICS Explorer for illustration but, to my knowledge, this applies to all Explorer aggregated views. With multiple CICS regions selected, performing a right click gives a selection list of actions that can be per...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Support additional Content-Types as textual in WEB CONVERSE

When WEB CONVERSE receives a response and places it in a container, it uses the Content-Type header to determine whether to create a BIT or CHAR container for the response. e.g. Well-known Content-Types such as 'application/json' result in a CHAR ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Update TSQ API to allow a distinction between TS MAIN vs. pooled queues

We ran into an issue with CICS regions having TSQ's with the same name in both TS MAIN and in the TSQ shared pools. This introduced all kinds of challenges where for example we look at the last used interval on the pooled queue, and then want to i...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Administrative Option to prevent IMS Trancode substitution from z/OS Connect API JSON payload

According to point 4 of the following KC https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4SVW_3.0.0/configuring/mobile_trancode_override.htmlThe IMS transaction code can be overridden by the API JSON payload if it is included as service interface...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CA7 - include Front end schedule timings in graphs

In the AD CA7 graphs, include the scheduling & timings to the Front End jobs. This information is in the CA7 report file ingested by ADDI. (see attached email)
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

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