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Enhance Endpoint Descriptor processing and add new ept.xml Elements to change auto-undeploy error processing - adding auto-redeploy.

An endpoint descriptor is automatically undeployed when the number of consecutive errors is greater than the number of connections defined in the ept.xml. Once the system auto-undeploys the endpoint descriptor, it has to be manually re-deployed (v...
8 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) - Provide a way to clear the keypoint staging area for a TLD install

If a TLD is installed that does not include any keypoints then the target image keypoint staging area is untouched. While this can be useful in some cases, it can also lead to unfortunate consequences if a "standard" TLD procedure is adopted to 1)...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Suppress or obfuscate queryString in SMF123 records

Currently SMF123 records expose query parameters in RESTFUL requests as queryStrings. Enterprises using Z/OS Connect EE should have the option to suppress or obfuscate queryStrings in SMF123 records to both ensure that comply with GDPR / DP / PSD2...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Allow helps associated to alerts in the KOBSITEC workspace (e3270ui)

Like in TEP, we would like in the e3270ui a Help for the alerts shown in the KOBSITEC workspace. It should be the same (plain text) that was defined in the Situation that generate the alert. The Help could be an additional option in the "Options M...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 2 Future consideration

GDPS/Metro ability to IPL on Subchannel sets 2 & 3

We have our GDPS/LCP recovery volumes in Subchannel sets 2 & 3 but GDPS/Metro cannot IPL systems onto those subchannel sets. We would like to see GDPS/Metro add the capability to IPL on all available z/Series subchannel sets.
about 2 years ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Concurrent user login/usage of analyse client with Authentication Server(DEX) enabled in ADDI 6.1.1 i fix version

DEX is used to authenticate users when we login analyse client to perform analysis but currently there is no concurrent login/usage when DEX enabled . it could be very helpful to have options of concurrent login/usage. we have raised IBM case for ...
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Add the support for DBCS on SMU

Our customer is using System Automation SDF(NetView NCCF) to display the important message which includes DBCS characters.Messages in DBCS are required to display on SMU monitoring panel after migrating SDF to Service Management Unite.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Monitor Transactions Originating on z/OS for MQ.

We have been discussing Instana MQ Integration with several Mainframe Clients. MQ is a very broad solution and we are finding that some of our clients have these transactions originating on the Mainframe, but the transaction actually occurred with...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Planned for future release

Ing305I should be issued for any invoked shutdown

Currently if there is a GDPS controlled image when a shutdown has been invoked message ING305I is issued. This seems to be in line with the ING313I, Ing314i and Ing315I messages.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

GMTRAN DISCONNECT Option Expansion

When using the default CICS signon program, a user is able to clear the screen using ESC and run transactions under the default CICS user ID. Using End/PF3 terminates the session, but clearing the screen using the ESC key does not. We would like t...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration