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IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS

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To terminate a users sessions and return to main menu after 15 minutes

Under Session Manager, there was an option to terminate a users active sessions and return them to the main menu. This is a PCI requirement for a number of customers. However, since migrating to SuperSession the ability to do this has been lost. W...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Ability to add TIMEOUT to an existing VSM pool

We would like to have the ability add a timeout value to an pre-existing VSM pool where TIMEOUT was previously not set dynamically. Currently the only way to add a TIMEOUT value, is to delete the existing VSM pool using VSM DELETE and recreate the...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TCPIP Secure Socket

We are wanting to convert from NVAS as a Session Manager to IBM CL/SUPERSESSION. It has been determined that CL/SUPERSESSION does not support Secure Sockets
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

VSAM cluster sharing within a HAO component

The VSAM cluster - especially the TDB and the NAM clusters - need a functionality to be shared between the STC. Nowadays the VSAM clusters have to be synchronized manually or by the HAO component. When there are a lot of instances in a Generic Res...
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Jump to next session key if only one session is active escapes to the menu

/* ----------------> begin changes <--------------- */ set rc (VSSINFO('SESSIONS')) klslog('&sysdlg info(&rc) drive KLSCNTL' 1) if (&rc <= 1) SELECT 'KLSCNTL' /* ----------------> end Changes <--------------- */ ...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Override sessions with Initial Status = F for CLS/DEST Pass Sessions

Users take advantage of the Initial status parameter for sessions they wish to have started automatically by specifying F. When a user does this with a session designated as Multi, they are able to get back to the Supersession menu by hitting ATT...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Avoid problems with G-Trigger and TSO-Option "Input field pad"

When you use Trigger g and have a TSO-Option "Input field pad" other than B(lank) or N(ull) your trigger will not work as the padding character is suffixed to the entered sessionid. For example /gtso will be interpreted as /gtso____ if the "Input ...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Delete Support for High Availability Option

The High Availability Option of IBM CL/SUPERSESSION should support the ability to push deletions of NAM and TDB database records across instances of Supersession.
over 11 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Restore to last session list view

We would like an option (at user level) in order to be able to restore the last session list displayed with the cursor positioned on Current session without changing the order of sessions (as KLSOPTSH does)
over 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

support z/oS symbols in CL/supersession to maintain one runtime environmnt for several LPARS

to make the runtime environment available for LPAR specifics and not creating for each LPAR its own environment it would be more than useful to use the z/OS symbols in the Runtime datasets for setup Applications, terminals.
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration