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Data Set Commander on IDz

IBM Data Set Commander is only available on TSO/ISPF. It needs to be available on IBM Developer for z/OS (IDZ aka RDz).
almost 8 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Not under consideration

Quiesce command with deallocate option for DB ALTER without an outage

IMS API or Command support is needed as to quiesce database access within IMS and to activate database metadata changes. IMS Tools reorganization utility will invoke it to perform the online reorganization and activate a database change without a ...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Fault Entries in History Dataset should be compressed

To save DASD space in environments with big regions Fault Analyzer should have an option to save and handle Fault Entries in compressed format (TRSMAIN).
over 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

CICS IA - dump supression option

Supply a method or means to suppress dumps on a specified CICS region
almost 8 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Indication of the COPYBOOK level in the Listing

In the compilation Listing, the source lines from a COPYBOOK are identified with a "C" character after the line number in the Listing. It is possible to call COPYBOOK from other COPYBOOK. However, the origin of a row is not necessarily easily iden...
almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

IMS - remove logical child delete rule

Remove the IMS restriction of the logical child delete rules, which should eliminate the the need to change the current delete rules and applications for this condition.
almost 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

File Manager for zOS Should Support MVS Product Enablement

File Manager is licensed relative to the size of the LPARs in which it runs. IBM needs to provide a mechanism to control its usage by LPAR.
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

xlc listing files for inline functions incorrect

Found a surprising limitation with xlc listing files for inline functions that are in .h files. The listing for such functions in the PDEF section has a line number like 691 | which doesn't reflect the source line number at the top of that .lst fi...
almost 12 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 4 Not under consideration

Problem with webservices creation in iseries

The problem is the generation of webservices Webservices is not keeping rpg definition
almost 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Automation to export WebServices Project and import into a new workspace

Users would like to be able to copy WebServices Project from one workspace to another including the configuration without having to manually regenerate the project.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

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