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ZDT - Deploy option to IPL or not

Disable auto-IPL when deploying ZDT with ZDT Tools.
about 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 4 Not under consideration

Enhancement to TXSeries monitoring facility

1: MONQ doesn't get cleared automatically2: There is no Date field in the Report3: We can not provide size to create multiple MONQ based on file size.
about 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

New function in Omegamon MFN to inspect active connections for performance

The current release of Omeagmon MFN has great data on a connection, but unless you are familiar with the Session performance metrix, there is still alot of research required to debug performance issues on a connection. With NMI Trace data added it...
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to use DD PATH in JCL of IDz z/os batch code review

Code coverage only allows use of DSN for PDS.Add ability to scan src files on USS side by specifying a PDS DD PATH='/***' instead of DSN.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Code Coverage 1 Not under consideration

FlashCopy Support

Support use of FlashCopy to make database copies/backups when the database is on a mirrored volume.
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

RDz - Software Analyzer rule documentation

The following is required. 1) Rule name (already provided by IBM), 2) Rule description (already provided by IBM), 3) Why this rule is an industry best practice (IBM, please provide), 4) Coding example that triggers the rule (IBM, please provide) 5...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

CICS MQ Listener (CPIL) serialisation of In-Only messages

CICS MQ Listener enhancement to serialise (or otherwise throttle) processing of "in-only" requests. The CICS MQ Listener for web services (CPIL) currently schedules a new task immediately upon arrival of each message on a request queue. This is id...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance AFCI/AFCY to indicate holder of resource

Enhance the AFCI/AFCY transaction abends to indicate what task was holding the resource. This could be done by dumping (not abending) the holding task or at least producing a message showing what the holding task was.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

ZMOWN should track core usage and track high water marks

1Mb frame usage and 4K frame usage is not included in ZMOWN statistics. This means that ZMOWN is unable to provide a breakdown of use these critical system resources by owner name. This information would provide critical insight in trouble shootin...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Create CICS API to provide access to the Unix System Services Filesystem (HFS/ZFS)

Need ability to do standard file/directory functions to the USS HFS via an EXEC CICS API available to COBOL and HLASM.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

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