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MGM resiliency in recovery region

With MzGM 4-SITE we had resiliency in our recovery region for disk. For example, if C disk (XRC secondaries) died, GDPS/Metro in that region could Hyperswap to D disk and XRC would remain up, capable both of building DR and of doing our daily requ...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

Ability to launch Python from batch like JZOS

We would like the ability to launch Python from batch like the way JZOS can launch Java from batch.
6 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

Ability to specify MSGCLASS for Subordinate Address Spaces

When running a Database Recover Facility batch job (FRXSDR00) to recover an IMS Database, subordinate address spaces are spawned. Would like a way to specify the MSGCLASS of those subordinate address spaces.
4 months ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Functionality already exists

Provide a new option for how CICS should recover from a storage violation

Why is it useful? If I enable all CICS storage protection options (RENTPGM=PROTECT STGPROT=YES TRANISO=YES), define all programs with EXECKEY=USER, and define all transactions with ISOLATE=YES, I can be reasonably confident that any victim task of...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

HBOG054E message to be sent to syslog

Today, HBOG054E is issued only to STDERR, wouil it be possible to have it sent to the SYSLOG, so that we can trap it via System Automation and raise an lert ?
7 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42
7 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

Prevent users from debugging excluded programs

Due to many reasons (privacy, performance, ...) organizations might want some programs to be excluded from debugging. Currently, the command NAMES EXCLUDE allows for that. However, it lacks fine-grain control over that exclusion. Worse than that, ...
6 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CICS should execute the EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO command under the EXECKEY of requesting program to honor CICS storage protection.

Currently when a USERKEY task executes an EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO if the receiving data area is smaller than the container data the program creates a storage violation. Because CICS processes the GET CONTAINER command on behalf of the task, a...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Future consideration

GUI usability improvements for UKO

We need to provide the UKO authorisation roles to a group of users with little knowledge of key management. They need a tool that is easy and intuitive to use. So the GUI needs to be clearer. I think it would be very useful if users of the UKO GUI...
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Tolerate unknown elements for SOAP web services

One of our web service applications is getting a DFHPI1007 error calling a remote service from CICS (so CICS is the web service consumer). It turned out, that the server system added some optional elements to their web service response in their re...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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