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Fix of the issue where internal variables can be corrupted if a failure occurs during information transmission between GM-K and GM-R

Previously, there was a suggestion from the Development team that simultaneous initialization of GM-K and GM-R might corrupt internal variable information. However, even if we were to avoid simultaneous initialization, it was found that there is s...
9 months ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Support mixed case in configuration field „Startup Parameters“

Today data entered in the field “Startup Parameters” will be always translated to upper case. Allow to enter mixed case data in this configuration field.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

Enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 CONTROL Parm Values

Please enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 Control Parm values. Presently the Class Inheritance for the defined DB2 Control parms are not working as documented. Please refer to IBM's Defining Automation Policy manual starting on page 12 under the...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Require a RESTful api to deploy policy files

We have a requirement for a RESTful api to deploy policy files
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Supporting the OTMA protocol with the FES Exit

This would be useful for making an asynchronous outbound, calling external systems like cloud without the risk of queues on IMS or even hold IMS resources. It would be a benefit for clients who needs to make a connection with external systems. We ...
about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

Restriction of ALL parameter in the panel EQQSOPGD (ALL DEPENDENCIES)

I hope to create a new parameter to restrict parameter 'Nest Detail' in 'ALL DEPENDENCIES' panel. In the customers' environment, CP lock and high CPU consumption of thecontroller for around 20 minutes occurredbecause they used 'ALL DEPENCENDIES' p...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

EQQUSIN expand job number field and add duration in 100th*sec

Actually the EQQUSIN has a duration limit of 99 hours 59 minutes. We have external jobs with longer durations and need the exact duration in tools like Xinfo. As described in the documentation, the ACT_DUR field has a CHAR size of 4. Updating oper...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

FM/IMS LIST=ACTIVE to show only active IMS-subsys like in FM/DB2

In FM/DB2 there is an option in FMN2POPT to list only the active DB2's when you get the popup to select you r db2 subsys. In FM/IMS this is not available. We always try to install on 1 system and roll out to all other systems. So we could realize ...
almost 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support a more generic rest api provider in zCEE services ( for zowe, zOSMF etc)

A typical mf application consists of transactions(IMS,CICS,...MQ), maybe some Databases(DB2), but also some datasets, files. It would be beneficiary to be able to include a mix in the zOSConnect defined apis from all of theese sources. Today we ca...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

Threadsafe IPICSERVER Connection Configuration Option THREADSAFE=YES

IPICSERVER section THREADSAFE=YES configuration parameter, to DPL as Threadsafe for IPIC Connections into CICS. CICS PPT DFHMIRS is Threadsafe. This would initially start the task on an Open L8 TCB in CICS, rather than starting on QR, further redu...
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration