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SMF92-subtype 51 to 59 in zCDP

We're currently working on zFS statistics to tune the performance, looking at HBORS092 member in CDP SHBODEFS, it looks like the SMF92 subtype 5x are missing (51 to 59). Could you please update zCDP and create some nice datastreams to monitor zFS ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

Optional parameter to avoid STATUS V1 for DEDB REPL

In IMS V6 APAR, the meaning of MINBYTES in the DBDGEN SEGM macro for DEDB has been changed, so that an unexpected status code "V1" may be returned to REPL CALL for DEDB in IMS V6 and later. In order to avoid this problem, IMS development provides ...
12 months ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Future consideration

Limit the region type for IRLM lock timeout function

In Japan, most banking customers use an application framework called SAIL, an asset of IBM Japan Consulting, running in their production core banking systems. In the SAIL system, the SAIL control regions run as MPP and the application regions run ...
12 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Adding ability of Key Mapping to Remote Connection Emulator

Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) is replacing Host Connection Emulator (HCE) from IDz 16 and onwards. In the old HCE we had the ability of mapping any key (or combination of keys) in the keyboard to any command. In the new RCE - key mapping is res...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

Add one decimal place to the reported CP Weight value, e.g. 31.4% instead of current 31%.

Customers can use three digits for their LPAR weight assignments (e.g. 314). Therefore, a two-digit reported percentage value may not accurately reflect the true weight the system is managing to.
about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide the ability to report resource consumption of multiple address spaces, for specific hours of the day only.

As an example, customer would like to report the combined CPU utilization of two address spaces, for only a peak period of several hours, on one report.
about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Needs more information

Dynamic alter ctg maximum connection managers MAXCONNECT (other)

Ability to alter dynamically the connection manager maximum (MAXCONNECT), dynamically to avoid bounce of CTG to change the .ini file. This would allow for changes to be done on the fly. We do have multiple instances of the gateway, to stager recyc...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Under review

Key lifecycle management for old key versions

This idea is related to EKM-I-70 After a key is rotated, there should be options to manage the lifecycle of the old keys. One option could be to set the old version of the key to inactive, so it can not be used for new encryption anymore
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

It should be possible to move keys from one vault to another

Once a key is created, it stays in the vault it was created in. But there might be reasons for having to transfer the key from one vault to another, like: moving key from test vault to production vault changed responsibilities for the key, if vaul...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

There should be a way to synchronize UKO and ICSF key metadata

This is an additional idea to EKM-I-73 There should also be an option to synchronize key metadata between UKO and ICSF. For example, if the expiry date in ICSF is changed, this should be reflected in UKO to be notified (showing key out of sync) to...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

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