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Provide monitor, list, and update capabilities for z13 vector registers

Provide capabilities to work with vector registers, using commands and features similar to the way that floating point registers can be accessed. 1) For commands that currently support floating point registers by using the %EPR variable, add suppo...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

redbook on how to convert sysplex lpar to a stand alone lpar

Customers find it very hard to more a sysplex configured lpar to a stand alone lpar that zd&t could use. IBM should provide a redbook or a methodology to do it, so customers do not have to figure it out for themselves.
almost 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Resume TPIPE wait forever cancel timer for IMS Connect shutdown

IMS Connect resume TPIPE clients permanently listening on TPIPEs to retrieve sychronous / asynchronous callout request messages or undeliverable / re-routed output messages are currently blocking a normal IMS Connect shutdown, because IMS Connect ...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

COBOL should be able to generate multiple namespaces in XML

System: IBM z/OS 2.3Product: COBOL / XML COBOL 6.2 provides the option to generate simple XML structures with namespaces and attributes. However, the complexity of XML and its ability to transfer data across platforms requires the use of complex X...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Package Reuse with a Resource/Command Preview & Delete Option

Enable Options to automatically clear the resource/commands from a package that is being reused along with a preview of resource/commands that is already present in the package
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Module and Dataset listings showing ALIAS-OF

Is it possible to capture the ALIAS-OF values for each module and dataset listed in reports?
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Not under consideration

It would be helpful to set an automation symbol instead of a "=" or the system name in the Supporting Resource of the APLs in the policy

We have an APL (IE01FD1) that has a Supporting Resource (IE01CTL). Since the Supporting Resource runs on different systems (X21, Y21 and Z21), we must define the APL three times (IE01FD1_PLEXX, IE01FD1_PLEXY and IE01FD1_PLEXZ) and in it the Resour...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Global settings for useBearerScheme="false" in server.xml

It can only update one config and effectuate to all zosconnect_authToken elements. The risk for the change would be smaller and it would benefit to both application and support teams.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

In IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS encrypt and decrypt function/possibilty

Customer wants to store, in an PLI/CICS environment, an SSO Token in an dataspace/storage for Rest calls and they want for security reasons encrypt the stored Token! And afterward decrypt it!
almost 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Default Outline Filter when editing source files

When editing a PL1 (or any other source) file, you can define a filter for the content of the outline view. But these filters are only stored per program, you have to define it separately for every program.It should be possible to store the filter...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration