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ADDI - Enable filtering of TWS applications during import

During import of TWS Applications in AD via AD Connect it is not possible to filter the import. Only the whole TWS Database can be imported for each project. So all irrelevant TWS Applications for a project are imported as well. We want to be able...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

CICS TS and ThreadSafe

Our customer suggested that CICS should have a trap for non threadsafe commands (if it doesn't already have). For instance: if a program issues an OPEN, READ, DISPLAY COBOL command, CICS should abend the transaction and send a ABEND CODE indicatin...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Epilog/IMS Space Warning Parameter required

The Epilog/IMS Datastore filled up without any warning.As requested in the PMR, a WARNING parameter should be implemented in Epilog/IMS, like it is in Epilog/zOS
about 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Connections Import including Truststore

We currently share connections via plugin_customization.ini zFS .pref file links referenced by a TCPIPSERVICE/URIMAP definition pair. We have a requirement to change the TCPIPSERVICE Defs to SSL=Yes. We really need to be able to pre-configure the ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Show differences in Runner result view in user friendly way

In many cases the difference in result shows hexadecimal data in the Runner Results viewer The interpretation of the available information is very difficult Currently there seems to be a workaround via changing Test Result Format to "result deta...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Exit issuing WTO. Add exit or message to existing sense table operation

Sometimes CICS users get hung up and results in sense code 0805000B. WTO generation is for alerts To be sent
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

automount aws files on OS request

Implement an automatic mount function of aws tapes on awstape device driver. it should be possible to feed the virtual tape drive with scratch tapes without physical awsmount intervention.
over 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

DASD unit with no mounted file should be not bve seen as ready in OS

ZD&T allows to define DASD Units that have no associated file in the host filesystem behind. This is necessary since the device map does not allow for dynamic changes. All devices (UCBs) must be defined Right from the beginning otherwise they ...
over 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Move CICS LSR Pools above the bar

We would like to see the LSR pools moved above the bar for CICS. This will allow us to allocate more number of buffers which will reduce physical I/O
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

In OMEGAMON/Classic, it is nice to have a ZOOM function of the trace entry to view the elements of trace function

CICS systems programmers can verify more details of that issue if they need. This is certainly a betterment of quality of support for any datacenter.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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