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Modify command to display parms of running controller

Modify command to display parms of running controller so you can see what is running because the parmlib might have been updated since last restart and doesn´t show the whole truth. Would be good for IBM Casing and to see yourself if neccessary.
9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Need CDPz integration to support TWSplex with standby controller

Dear support, We Morgan Stanley mainframe team would like to adopt CDPz integration to collect real-time messages to analyze. In our environment we installed TWS as plex with both primary controller and standby controller. Currently we enabled CDP...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Turn CICS trace, DFHTRAP, or Stg Violation checker ON or OFF based on CICS issuing a message or on matching a CICS Policy

Some customers will not run with CICS internal trace active all the time, especially in production. But there are times where we will need to turn CICS diagnostic features on to capture diagnostics. If the event being diagnosed is not easily repro...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

CTG Transaction Analysis CTG Explorer View

CICS Transaction Gateway Transaction Analysis; similar to Omegamon CTG Transaction Analysis view. This would show the Program; Tranid; target CICS Server, other; similar to Omegamon. See attached screenshot. Save last N last task flows, in a stora...
about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 0 Future consideration

VSAM dataset & logstream ID report

Using D LOGGER, we can get the logstreams defined on the system, but to get information about which VSAM dataset is defined with a logstream ID, there is no such reporting. To get this info, only option is to IDCAMS LISTCAT and get the logstream I...
3 months ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Support $ as first Charakter for variables when using WAPL

According to this: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/z-workload-scheduler-101-extends-orchestration-capabilities-managed-file-transfer-enhances-operational-experience-ai-streamlines-workflows-definition-renewed-workload-designer?region=US ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Display what Transaction Group the Transaction Already exists when adding it to a different group.

When adding a transaction to a Workload Specification Group, that already exists. It displays the following: "Transactions cannot be in two Transactions Groups. Take from existing group(s)?" Is it possible for it to display what Workload Specifica...
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Support of LCP with physical isolation along with MM4SITE support

The requirement requested in ZGDPS-I-221 for MM4SITE support is useful to allow a region switch without service interruption. Further to that LCP with physical isolation alongside with the MM4SITE support is needed for site already running LCP wit...
3 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Changing variable substitution for sending emails when an alert condition occurs by the controller task to match the same behavior as job tailoring works

As providing a multi-tenant system with TWS becomes increasingly important due to the decentralization of work to various groups within the company, it is beneficial to minimize the variations in rules for variable substitution for users. Therefor...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Prevent errors during migration to a new zWS release by allocating files via EQQPCSxx jobs to have the same sizes and other characteristics as in the previous release

Currently the provided jobs (tailored by EQQJOBS) like EQQPCS01 and EQQPCS02 allocate tiny files with default characteristics. However most customers make changes, like increasing the allocation of the files (more cylinders) or modifying the MAXRE...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration