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SA-internal command HSAET32 should generate a meaningful error message in the event of a problem.

If an SA/NetView is restarted, all HSAET32 are rebuilt and this is logged with ON in netlog. Sometimes this doesn't work and the checker returns a "HSAET32 status ended, RC=1007". so what's the problem? In our case we have some trouble with the ...
4 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Under review

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE. Our developers are used to HCE and what it offers. RCE is just not at its level and therefore the developers won't switch to IDz 16.0 unless the HCE is in there.
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Under review

Add possibility to specify SYMBOLS=EXECSYS on a dd_input (zos_mvs_raw)

In a JCL job I can work with system symblols in in-stream datasets if I specify SYMBOLS=EXECSYS. I could not find a solution to do so with zos_mvs_raw. JCL Example with &YYMMDD-Symbol (current date): //COPYDS1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=64M //**...
about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Submitted

Port STCK functions from PL/I to COBOL

Hello. COBOL provides intrinsic functions to get date in time in formatted format. I need to also get the STCK (and/or STCKE) values in bin/hexadecimal. PL/I has these features : pex PLISTCK(val) to put the STCK value in val. Is it possible to por...
8 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

Enhancing z/OS Connect for Dynamic API Integration with JSON Response Handling

Abstract This document proposes an enhancement to IBM z/OS Connect to support flexible consumption of API responses in JSON format without mandating COBOL copybook regeneration for every API update. This capability aims to streamline integration e...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Add to Cics policies the ability to include or exclude specific transaction names.

We need to specify Cics policies to cancel transactions that exceed a specific response time, excluding some long-running ones or those with another allowed threshold. For example, all A* transactions can last for 5 seconds at most, except for ABC...
5 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration

Ability to retain few SGC captures and expire rest

We are currently doing an hourly LCP capture and retaining for 3 days. But recently we had a business requirement to retain for 7 days but one capture in a day is fine along with hourly captures retained for 3 days. This is similar to our full vol...
9 months ago in GDPS 11 Future consideration

Change the timing of the first ASMTDLI call to shorten database unavailability during takeover phase

We are looking for a way to shorten the database unavailability during the Online Reorg takeover phase. At present, in some cases the database is unavailable for up to 3 minutes. ORF team investigated with IMS team, From the results of the investi...
3 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Add High Water Mark indicator of a Storage Group or a Volume in ZPCA tables

High Water Mark indicator will be useful for our stockage team to find out if a Storage Group or a Volume is big enough.
5 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

When a task purge/forcepurge attempt fails, there will be a log message saying so

We get a lovely message saying that the request to purge (or force purge) a task has been accepted. If it works, we get a message saying the task ended. If it doesn't... nothing.
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

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