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Host Connect Custom Cipher should be a drop down and not require the user to type in full cipher name

The Host Connect Emulator custom cipher selection requires the user to type in the entire cipher name likeTLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA or SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA.There should be a drop-down selection with the supported versions.In addition,
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Ask for CICS file OPEN in Read Update/Write/Del statement set the open input flag in SMF 62

We need to make statistics on how files are used on our system. For that we use SMF record 62. But when a file is open under CICS in Read/Write CICS open the File In OUTPUT only, so the flag Input Processing in field SMF62MC1 remains to NO.We woul...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Trace parms should have option to be dynamically changed via IMS commands

Some problems may require a trace in order to see the problem details. Depending upon the required trace different trace parms may be required. In order to change the trace parms a subsystem recycle may be required requiring a service impact. In o...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without naming a table

CRUISE should provide a command line entry to run a VERIFY function without having to set up a table for this purpose. Currently every CRUISE function requires a table be created first. The VERIFY could kick off as soon as the entry is made, or it...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol (all version) - DYNAM option, find the entry point first in the loadmodule

When a program is compiled with the DYNAM option, the search for the entry point corresponding to the CALL statement is not performed in the loadmodule, even if this entry point was added during the linkedit by a command INCLUDE: the search is don...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

CRUISE logs should include the list of tape volumes created or used by a parameter table

CRUISE should include a list of capture tape volumes created by a Capture or restored by a parameter table. Currenlty, no log or record is kept of the tape volumes generated during the capture. The information has to be obtained from the console l...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Catalog IMS - JCL/BMP/PSB

We would like to have one additional information in the IMS catalog: the link between the name of JCLLIB, the JCL jobname and the PSB used by the BMP.
almost 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

Reports without the use of Cognos

FTM for ACH - Reporting capabilities should be a flexible solution so that the client is not required to use Cognos to produce reports
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

New User Exit for DBCLS

We would like a new user exit case that can be used at DBCLS.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Not under consideration

Navigation au sein d'un programme C depuis Eclipse

Dans un z/OS project, lorsqu'on souhaite voir le contenu d'une fonction appelée dans un programme C mais qui est définie dans un autre source C (Touche F3), nous avons le message « could not found symbol nom_de_la_fonction in index ».
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration