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Add heartbeat messages to show status of IMS database backout processing

Add "heartbeat" messages to show status of IMS database backout processing, especially during IMS emergency restart.
about 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Make it clear what resources are in-scope of a user issues a stop request name/SYG/name

User inadvertently issued a stop against the system resource name/SYG/name APG. This obviously resulted in Automation shutting the system down, but this was not what the user intended!
about 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Not under consideration

Create AD Plugin for MacOS Eclipse

Many of our Engineers and other users of AD have Macs and cannot use AD as the Eclipse plugin is not certified for MacOS Eclipse. Create an AD Plugin for Eclipse on MacOS so the tool is not limited to only Windows users of Eclipse.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Support for Gzip on any HTTP message

Please provide GZIP support to decompress and compress HTTP bodies.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Common Extract Format for CSD, Bundles, and BAS

Provide a common extract format for CICS resource definitions, so that we can write internal audit and resource checks against the definitions, regardless of their source. The intent is to read all resources that have been staged so that we can pr...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Both "LPAR Name" and "Host LPAR Name" show the same data.

Problem Details.Product or Service: Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS 5.3.0Component ID: 5698A5900.Operating System: z/OS.Problem titleLPAR Clusters attributes "LPAR Name" and "Host LPAR Name" show samedata.Problem descriptionFrom the OMEGAMON XE on z/0S...
about 9 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

splitt of a commentary line

When hitting "Retrurn" with the cursor in the middle of a commentary, the current line shall be splitted. The resulting new line should start with an * immediately followed by the text right of the original cursor position.
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Enable clear key support in CTC for lifecycle encryption

CTC V2 introduced Lifecycle Encryption to provide clients with the ability provide persistent data encryption, manage their own encryption keys as well a offload encryption to their zIIP processors. While the encryption process does not require a ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Avoidance of repettive HourGlass ACES scans in AGGELIG

This is a dramatic CPU-time reduction request. HourGlass processing is controlled by an "ACES", a table in ECSA strorage. The table contains information on whether and how to change the local time during a TIME service call. This is done by runnin...
about 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Editeur COBOL PDP - restreindre aux colonnes 7 à 72

Dans l'éditeur COBOL PDP, il serait intéressant de restreindre la saisie aux colonnes 7 à 72.- col. 1 à 6 : depuis la fin des cartes perforées, leur utilité est très limitée- col. 73 et + : utilisées par le générateur essentiellement
about 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

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