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Truncate Cobol Data Structure

Cobol does not have the notion of variable-length string. When a string in the Cobol copybook is mapped to JSON payload for z/OS Connect, it is set with the maximum length. Even when the actual JSON payload is smaller, z/OS Connect sends the full ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Allow CICS to share SSL Keyrings even if they run under different userIDs

Hi, Currently a CICS region can only use the SSL keyring that is owned by the region owner ID. We can't share same keyring between multiple regions if they run under different owner IDs. With the increase in number of CICS regions, its becoming ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Certify the current tos release with windows server 2022.

Our servers are being loaded with windows server 2022. We need to know that TOS has run in the tpf lab on windows 2022 successfully.
4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Delivered

missin jcl procstep information in the RDz

in ispf sdsf a column procstep is shown in the table. this information is missing in the RDz. in some cases that leads to datasets in the jes output you can not distinguish from each other. witch dataset is from witch step in the proc?
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

Allow date/time interval to be specified on KJJSTART menu for SMF ID to see API's

Currently we have 6 production & qa cloned z/os connect address spaces. When looking for a particular API, we have to go thru 6 different servers on 2 lpars individually - very time consuming.. The KJJSTART menu now allows us to put a Z in fro...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 2 Delivered

Reduce and/or eliminate CICS statistics with zero use count

Can there be a toggle to suppress cutting statistics records if there is no activity? Deciding which to suppress could be different for different records and different customers, so I'm asking for something that I'm not sure there is a good (easy)...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Possibility to start a rexx located on ZVM by GDPS

Since GDPS is "the captain on the ship" we have the need for a possibility that GDPS can start a (CMS) rexx script which is located on ZVM.
almost 6 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

Make Debug Manager SYSPLEX aware

Hi IBM, We'd like to see the DBGMGR (and EQAPROF) sysplex-aware, especially for CICS debugging (but also batch). When the debug manager was started on all LPARS in SYSPLEX (relevant for the CICS plex) - all RSEDs will know about all of them when a...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Pass JWT payload (the claims) to a service provider of all sub-systems.

We want to use OAuth and JWT Access Tokens to authenticate and identify consumers of our APIs with z/OS Connect. A previous RFE was submitted and implemented that ensured JWT token is valid (signature & expiry check) and returns HTTP status co...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

scheduled task to send a report with a list of all Storage Groups and the Percent Used Space for them

scheduled task to send a report with a list of all Storage Groups and the Percent Used Space for them - I need list of all Storage groups send to Email with % free space as per schudele
almost 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Reporting 1 Delivered

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