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Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return

Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return in order to configure directory set size and to understand recycle time. It is suggested to provide this information by pool section and by record ID by pool type.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Desire to have LONG RUNNING ECBS as a part of CDC

We have a desire to include LONG RUNNING ECBS, as currently in the standard IBM Data Collection. In the data collection, the output looks as follows (where the value of long running ECBS is 919.000): SYSTEM SUMMARY REPORT 19 MAR 14:00:02 SYSTEM PA...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

Buffer Pool Analyzer support simulation of VSAM hiperspace buffers.

We would like to simulate the changes applied on VSAM hiperspace buffers. When do this, we saw that MODEL report showed 0% for all hit ratio hiperspace . We don't see the simulation results for it. It will be very helpful to have this information.
almost 3 years ago in IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer for z/OS  1 Future consideration

Depending on whether the compile option is ADV (default) or NOADV, it seems that future measures are needed.

Depending on whether the compile option is ADV (default) or NOADV, it seems that future measures are needed. 1) For ADV option The product development team also confirmed that the combination of the WRITE ADVANCING clause and the ADV compiler opti...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

EQQSOPGD Panel Member parm for level restrictions

For the EQQSOPGD panel update, would like to see something as simple as a parameter update or more complicated, such as different levels of complexity (nesting detail) based on userid or something security related (there is already the ADEP f...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

DB2 Comment -- colors

In the PDP Editor, I would like to be able to configure the color of DB2 comments. In the attached image, you'll see the DB2 comments in red boxes. They look like all of the other code in working storage. Can -- be recognized and highlighted?
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Future consideration

Require Domain Specific DNS server support

The current DNS support defines a primary/secondary DNS server for name resolution. We have a requirement to be able to user our default DNS servers, but for specific Domain Names we need to access our customers DNS server for name resolution. The...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Change/increase MAXTP for IMS/TMEMBERs dynamically

Currently, to change the global limit for MAXTP or an individual TMEMBER limit, we need to edit the DFSYDT* members of the PROCLIB and recycle the IMS.
almost 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

Provide capability to recover JES2 buffers other than TGS (SPOOL)

Provide flexible code to support monitoring and recovery of JES2 buffers similar to TGS (SPOOL).
over 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

INGQRY/AOCQRY was not available for MTR resources

INGQRY/ING$QRY delivers attributes of an APL resource.No INGQRY/AOCQRY was available for MTR resources.
over 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

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