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MRD( Multiple Release Detection) enhancement

Requesting two enhancements to the MRD ( IBM for the Multiple Release Detection package) The first request would be to make the timestamp more granular for the release data by changing it from hh:mm to hh:mm:ss. The second request would be to have...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

COBOL-JAVA interoperability via JNI: use DirectByteBuffers and avoid copiyng data between COBOL workarea and Java byte array

The biggest hit we expect from DBB is that memory does not need to be copied between COBOL workarea and Java byte array Detail are described in the attached file
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

Abend task if target program specified on PCT not DFHMIRS

On a DPL and Mirror Tranid Specified, Abend task if target program specified on target CICS PCT not DFHMIRS. We use a lot of zCEE and CTG. Been running into issues where CICS Administrator, specifies the target program name (application program ID...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

We would like digitally signed software downloads for the z/TPF Product Family

Enacting this policy (digitally signed software downloads) would save my team a lot of unnecessary paperwork.
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 7 Not under consideration

Reference Modification Abend if Lenght is a Not a Positive Integer

If the calculation of the length in a reference modification is zero or negative, there could be unpredictable/unexpected results. Due to our un-comfort with these unpredictable results, we'd like to see an abend, at runtime, when the length is ze...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Server Clustering for RESTful Administration Services

Today the RESTful Administration Interface only administers single z/OS Connect server instances. WAS Liberty does have server clustering capabilities. For those who designed a High availability z/OS Connect solution, clustering would be a great f...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Need a field (attribute), of the TASK resource table, which allows me to have the CPU time of a "THREADSAFE" task.

In a threadsafe application, all DB2 Requests stays on L8 TCB.The cputime is only going to get updated when we come off the L8 TCB. (If it were a quasirent applicatoion and switched back to QR after every DB2 request, the cputime would be accumula...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

ADD the posbility to use Header in the oAUTH

z/OS Connect OAuth 2.0 support follows the The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework standard: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749fo . This does not specify any header than the Authorization header be flowed on the request. There is no way to confi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

zAPM tracking data needs to be honored in CPSM routed environments.

I would like for the transaction tracking data to be honored if the transaction is routed dynamically from the TOR without executing. - PMR ID TS003273072
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 2 Not under consideration

Limit number of UNIX Files displayed under Z/OS UNIX Files

When listing files under z/OS UNIX Files folders, all the files are listed, regardless of the number of files. When listing members under MVS Files there is a preference "Default expansion page size for filters and data sets" which limits the numb...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Not under consideration

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