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DRF - avoid S878 abend in IB by reducing the number of sort processes per IB main job

The customer have been having frequent S878 abends in DRF recovery job during DR exercises when Index Builder is invoked. The idea is to divide the HALDB PRIMARY INDEX and ILDS construction into two separate IB jobs, the number of sort processes p...
over 1 year ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Future consideration

Know the name of the project where a component is located

When analyzing a project (e.g. a program call graph) with components called (or calling), if a component is not in the project (no source available) then we don't know which project it is in.One possibility might be to display the project name in ...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Javadoc for JZOS as JAR or ZIP

Make the javadoc for JZOS available in a method that can be imported into an IDE as a standard part of the Java order and install, such as a zip or JAR.
about 8 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Intranet Server so where non-IBM employees can access our Documentation offline.

Currently, IBM documentation can only be accessed and downloaded internally. There is no intranet server for customers to download/configure and customers cannot access the documentation externally. The current process is to download the IBM deskt...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

Multiple CGs for CKD volumes for xDR Linux guests running on zVM LPARs

As of today IBM SYSPLEX and GDPS Architecture relies on 1 and only one CKD Consistency group. RB would like IBM to allow multiple consistency groups (at least 1 z/OS and 4 CKD Consistency Group for zLinux applications residing in z/VM environments...
about 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Add sort options to the ZDTAP entry

With options to sort on UNIT or Volume, it is easier to see what tapes or units are mounted.At this moment the ZDTAP without option just displays all units and tapes. ZDTAP [SORT [Volume]] would make live much easier for operators to see what is g...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 12 Future consideration

Open big sysout whith IDZ

We have sysout with 500000 lines or more, and we can't open it with IDZ. For big sysout it is possible to add a function for open it at line n, or for search an particular string and open it a this line ? An editor similar to "Editeur de donnée Sy...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 9 Not under consideration

zCEE to call SAF for authentication

This is following on from RFE # 99337. Since the last RFE was submitted, the zCEE authorization interceptor has been extended to allow even more groups to be defined for more granular control of the various operations and actions permitted within ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

We ask for an new GEOPLEX Domain definition to support Three sites.

We use GDPS/MTMM and we need to support a true three site setup with three CECs and single lpars running on one of the three, but with GDPS support for having the LPAR moved between the three sites.We are basically looking for a solution as illust...
almost 7 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration

System Automation, add "members=yes" option to INGDATA

In System Automation for z/OS, add the "MEMBERS=YES" option to the INGDATA interface. This would behave the same as for the INGLIST command: expanding a passed APG name into its component members.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration