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Change CFRM Policy and update Normal CFRM Policy via SCRIPT (GDPS Metro)

During our Site Switch process, we use USERPROC (REXX program) to set a site-specific CFRM policy because of the way we manage structures. It would be great if we could do that using GDPS script or, even if updated via REXX, it would be great to h...
7 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Machine Learning for z/OS - SMF records/statistics

This idea is about "Machine Learning for z/OS" that CANNOT be found in the list, but is also part of the Z Analytics bundle. Besides using product GUI and APIs, MLz should also generate SMF records, so scoring statistics can be collected using exi...
9 days ago in Machine Learning for z/OS 0 Submitted

External GDPS SCRIPT log for evidence retention

Currently, GDPS script messages (GEOTRACE) are sent to NETLOG and CANZLOG, therefore whenever we need to get evidence of script execution and times (e.g. RTO for a Site Switch process), we need to scan logs manually, and if the scripts were execut...
7 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

zHyperlink Threshold formulation, adjust thresholds

The result is that we currently show false positives for a number of thresholds. Joe Hyde's analysis provides formulation of threshold changes needed for at least one metric, and there may be others that need adjustment.
3 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 1 Submitted

Support debugging specific steps inside a PROC

Given the "Debug as" feature, the debug configuration fails to detect inherited steps when the JCL under test uses a PROC. Only the steps in the main JCL are provided for selection. I suggest to analyse or pre-process the JCL by the debug launch c...
about 2 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Solution to set the length of a data-item at compile time

Hi, As part of the creation of a COBOL framework to speed up developments, we are looking for a solution to fix the size of an elementary data-item at the time of compilation because it cannot be determined at the time of writing the code. Sample ...
4 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

SCRT should be changed to honor AbsoluteGroupCapping / AbsoluteCapping setup on the HMC

We've licenced HW TFP. To prohibit to peak into the TFP corridor, we set up AbsoluteGroupCapping on the HMC for a Capacity Group that includes all LPARs on the CEC to limit the number of CPs used. This was fine for 3 months. Afterwards we recogniz...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Cobol syntactic analyzer to handle multiple ENTRY statements

Any ENTRY statement in a Cobol program is detected by the syntactic analyzer as unreacheable code when previous code contains a GOBACK. However, a program with an entry doesn't necessarily begin from the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Any ENTRY can be used a...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Line Truncation Warning

Hi friends. When there are some lines in a cobol program that exceed the maximum line length a dialog can be displayed to warn the user. But, there is NO option to know WHICH lines are the ones that exceed this line length? Sometimes is very diffi...
9 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Enable bypass of certificate alternate names verification for inbound requests

Hi Lets supose my My zCEE endpoint is someprefix.mf.jpmchase.net :xxxx/someApi I MUST have someprefix.mf.jpmchase.net in the SAN server certificate, otherwise I don’t get a secure connection. I'd like to add zCEE/Liberty some feature to skip that ...
7 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted