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support for multiple MQ systems in OTMA destination descriptor TYPE=MQSERIES

For high availabity reasons we have configured 2 production lines in the same sysplex:CEC01-LPAR01-IMS01-MQ01CEC02-LPAR02-IMS02-MQ02Both lines are coupled by various product features.I1) IMS01 and IMS02 use the same IMS shared message queueI2) IMS...
over 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 2 Not under consideration

DFS2291I message only mode of operation

Message DFS2291I is issued when DFSVSMxx keyword LOCKTIME is used. Today LOCKTIME has 2 options ABEND or STATUS. We have the need for a new option MSGONLY that results ina) no action against the waiterb) message DFS2291I being issued to syslogc) t...
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Ability to add customer internal software product ids via a user field

Software products are assigned product ids by the vendors. As part of our firm's internal processes, we assign resource ids to vendor software and would like to be able to add our internal software product ids via some sort of custom field somewhe...
11 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - ability to view / filter SIT parms for multiple regions

Currently the CICS SIT parms (for combined, JCL, SYSIN etc) can only be displayed in an Attribute view for a single CICS region. We would like the ability to view / filter SIT parms for multiple regions similar to the way other Region Attributes c...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Copybook with REPLACING ==(PREF)== BY ==xxxx==

We have somme copybook with replacing (see added file Capture2.jpg). This copybook are included in COBOL program with :COPY name REPLACING ==(PREF)== BY ==xxxx==. When we open this copybook in IDz we have a lot of error due to ==( )==. With REPLAC...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Enhance functionality of WITH clause to operate with DELETE and UPDATE in DB2 SQL statements like others flavours of SQL

Enhance functionality of WITH clause to operate with DELETE and UPDATE in DB2 SQL statements like others flavors of SQL (T-SQL AND Oracle SQL). Our team uses IBM DB2 11.1.4.4 Database Server for development activities. We see limitations of DB2 SQ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Allow using regular expression matching in system/application policy/event filtering

Allowing the use of regular expression matching in all types of policy/event filtering rules would significantly enhance the ability to create filtering criteria specific to targeted work.
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced Sysplex Distributor Support for z/OS Connect - SERVERWLM for DVIPAs

In order to achieve high availability in z/OS Connect, the product documentation (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-connect/zosconnect/3.0?topic=availability-sysplex-distributor) recommends use of a DVIPA to distribute workload between multiple LPAR...
6 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Enable CPSM EYU9XLOP as threadsafe in CICS

Need CPSM routing code (EYU9XLOP) to run threadsafe in routing region
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

zos_backup_restore ansible module looping over an inventory item with multiple entries + restore HLQ

Dear colleagues, First of all I would like to apologize in advance if this topic has been posted before, or if it will be created in an inappropriate section of the website interface. I am currently working on developing an MQ upgrade playbook and...
11 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Not under consideration

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