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Solution in IZPCA to provide information based on SMF_121

Hello, Currently I don't see any solution in IZPCA providing information based on SMF_121.Could you please confirm if you have been working in some solution to provide information using SMF_121 or planning something on that? Thank you!
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Future consideration

Make IZPCA RMM and SMS reports accurate across a Sysplex

Make IZPCA RMMand SMS reports accurate across a Sysplex
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

ADDI: dynamic resolution algorithm does not support Pointers

the dynamic resolution algorithm does not support Pointers, therefore calls like the one below are not resolved: CALL CBLTDLI-ProcPointer USING Dummy-P03 Dummy-P04 Dummy-P05 Dummy-P06
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Align all Mainframe Log data from zLDA to SPLUNK with respect to displaying/using consistent timezones from CICS, Netview, Websphere and SYSLOG to all use the same timezones.

This enhancement is not only "useful" but necessary. The amount of time we spend in supporting the product due to "inconsistent" and confusing timezones depending on which type of Mainframe log we are viewing is onerous. It's basically impossible ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Need ability to link CICS WLM Quiesce status to zOS WLMHealth

When a CICS region is quiesced in CICS Plex System Management Work Load Management, the region is seen as unhealthy by CICSPlex System Management so it will be much less likely to to route work to it from other CICS regions in the same CICSPlex th...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow FPBP64STAT parameter to be updated via PROCLIB

Currently FPBP64STAT is only updateable via type-2 command meaning it is lost through a coldstart. We would like for this parameter to have an equivalent proclib parameter which can be set, to maintain the setting through cold start.
over 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

add a warning in the case that jvollist finds the LOADPARM volume is empty

Provisioning of image with empty LOADPARM fails. Warn user ahead of provisioning
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Create base64 auth token from credentials in the Swagger UI of z/OS Connect API Editor

The into the z/OS Connect API Editor integrated Swagger UI allows an easy testing of z/OS Connect API services. The only thing for which you still need a separate tool is the generation of the base64 auth token which is being needed when calling s...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

delete-trailing-blanks-in-data-receiver-csv-fields

Hi, The data receiver component is supposed to be optimal for sending data to splunk, yet it sends lots of csv fields to splunk with trailing blanks. Customer would like the tool to optionally delete trailing blanks from csv fields and hence prope...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 3 Future consideration

CPSM API Timeout/Retry if MAS cycling

CPSM API programs throw an error if a MAS is cycling since the state of the MAS is indeterminate and CPSM times out waiting for a response. The timeout error causes our API program to fail. We would like the CPSM API to be more tolerant of transit...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration