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Improve Workload scheduler on z/OS integration with Dynamic Domain manager

Today the only option avaibale to manage the integration between a TWSz Controller with a Dynamic Domain Manager environment configured in High Availability (Primary & Secondary) is using the Primary & Alternate workstation (where the Prim...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

CICS provisioning workflow - VSAM dataset definitions

In the CICS provisioning workflow, the USS zfs definition uses DATACLAS while the definition for the CSD uses volume and unit.Both are VSAM. It would like to be able to use any SMS class or none by using a volume and unit for either dataset.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

Marking 'jobs/jobstream' as monitored in 'Monitoring Workload' tap.

System: Dynamic Workload Console(TWS) Actor: Enginner who revises the execution pipeline of a job Descripción: When operators had revised the executions pipeline of jobs and they're ok. So they want to mark these jobs as monitored.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

DWC to allow building a TASK that can use greater than or less than

on job listing tasks, would like to have the greater than or less than option for columns like actual end time or deadline time.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Change externally stopped/started APL status to STUCK/STARTED2 if APL do not STOP/START within expected threshold

Improve IBM SA for z/OS to mark Externally stopped/started resource to PROBLEM status if resource is taking too long to STOP or START. The SR (74898,001,866) was raised to resolve the issue when applications that have EXTERNAL STOP FINAL were left...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

z/OS PT Standalone CPSM Training Environments

We would like the ability to provision standalone CPSM environments (ie: WUI, CMAS, DREP, etc.) for internal CPSM Training
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

Provision DB2 with zOSPT

Support provisioning of a DB2 subsystem using zOSPT, similar to the way a CICS subsystem can be provisioned now.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

Basic CICS Plugin for Intercept

Currently can only be set Display mode 'ON' or 'OFF' by start CTG from SYSIN file. Forces have to recycle the CTG causing a risk
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Specific support for a Monoplex configuration (when not a Sysplex) that is not manual process to set up

Raised on behalf of client following client advocate call:Have ~40 LPARs that are all monoplex. They have one Hub TEMS per environment (prod, dev, test). OMEGAMONs seem to look for Sysplex configuration. Since Monoplex is a valid configuration, th...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Future consideration

Need to see actual addresses of devices that are added/deleted dynamically

CNCE0002I 17.46.27 1 DEVICES ADDED, 0 DEVICES DELETED+CNCE0002I 17.47.07 0 DEVICES ADDED, 1 DEVICES DELETED+ This is the indication you currently get when devices are added/deleted. We would like to see more detail specifically the actual addresse...
almost 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration