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Create/update DVSVC000 at IMS control region start

IMS should create the DFSVC000 member at a cold start. or IMS should override the IMS ID from the Sysgen process in the DFSVC000 member with the IMSID provided in the DFSPBxxx member at a cold start.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Quick Fix not available in the RDz Editor for COBOL.

We try to use Quick Fix function to resolve warnings and errors in the editor but it's not available.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Provide option to copy zFS logs to VSAM files

Team, Please add functionality into z/OS Connect code to provide an option to copy the zFS logs to VSAM Files. Thanks, Pawan.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Display transaction code in /DIS TMEMBER xxx TPIPE yyy

Display transaction code in /DIS TMEMBER xxx TPIPE yyy. The transaction code would be the last transaction that used that TPIPE.
about 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 2 Not under consideration

Increase TOS Message limit to 512 or 1024 characters

ETOS.EXE has to truncate messages to 255 characters. This limit should be extended to 512 or 1024 characters so that every message sent to a tpf host's console can be captures.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Not under consideration

COBOL editor should automatically create reference

It could by useful if COBOL editor automatically create reference. Perhaps IDZ could ask the PIC clause (PIC X(10), PIC S9(3) COMP, …) and the section (WORKING, LINKAGE) and add it at the end of this section.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer ability GLUE Disable / Enable or TRUE

To new copy a program; need to Disable and Enable in the new copy process; presently do it this way: CECI DISABLE PROG(U8D1XMEO) EXITALL <<--can't be done in Explorer CECI SET PROGRAM(U8D1XMEO) NEWCOPY <<-can be done in Explorer CECI...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

setting default presentation of varaibles in monitor

there is no support in the debug engine for the remote debug session as you see it in MFI - there is no code to set the default presentation . You can use the memory view but thats the same as changing the presentation for each variable.
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CSNC restrict IRC Connect Retry count to 50

CICS/TS MRO current design has no limit to the number of IRC retry CONNECT requests issued by transaction CSNC. This has led to High CPU consumption by hundreds of CICS Regions trying to connect to a stalled CICS Region. It does not seem logical t...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support for __ptr64 qualifier in LE C

LE C compiler should support the __ptr64 qualifier for 64-bit pointers in 31-bit (or 64-bit) code, as it does for Metal C. Furthermore, EDCDSECT should convert a 64-bit addresses (declared as "AD") to "void * __ptr64", for consistency.
over 3 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration