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DISABLE DTCN command is only honored if executed as the very first command issued in debug session

DISABLE DTCN and DISABLE CADP command is not honored if its issued during a debug session at a later point ( after STEP or GO with hitting a break point)
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

impact for CICs with z/OS maintenance (ciphers)

We recently applied maintenance on our z/OS LPARThe APAR OA47405 and OA48868 have an impact on the cipher suites, but the CICS systems are not awared of these modificationsWe would like to have a APAR generated for CICS too when z/OS maintenance h...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

VSAM LOGREPLICATE in asynchronous mode

VSAM parameter ALTER LOGREPLICATE in asynchronous mode.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support the import of CICS BAS resource definition statements into Application Discovery

Application Discovery currently supports the input of RDO statements from the CICS DFHCSD file as part of the build process. there are several ways to define CICS resources in addition to RDO. This RFE is to extend this support to cater for statem...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Message Queue Identification

MQ names are stored in and fetched from DB2 tables/Files/Messages. ADDI cannot give actual Queue name used to put/get the messages.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Putting z/OS Connect Designer docker image onto Docker Hub

Due to company policy, we are only allowed to download docker image from Docker Hub or gcr.io. It will take a very long time and go thru some lengthy processes to get the approval and set-up in place for pulling docker image from IBM Container Reg...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Enhance IMS database Usage using load modules as inputs

In the current IMS database Usage function, it is showing the database's name and the structure of the segments used in a given Cobol program. However, the users run this function with a load module as an input. I would like to see the IMS databas...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 7 Not under consideration

Move DLMP/PSBC, PSBW and LUMC pools off ECSA

RFE #78091 is about moving EPCB and CSAPSB pool off ECSA to reduce ECSA usage of IMS. We would like to also have DLMP/PSBC, PSBW and LUMC pool moved off ECSA.
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

Add Parameter to AUTH Call to Supress ICH408 Messages

Add a parameter to the AUTH call that suppresses ICH408 messages, especially in cases where authorization failures are expected.
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

Flexible Alignment Storage Display

Currently FA aligns its storage display at starting addresses which are multiples of 16. This is often unconvenient: Sometimes application data is not properly aligned: - address pointers not on word boundery are not point-and-shootable - bad alig...
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration