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Collect zSort records, SMF_218 in IZPCA.

Currently IZPCA is not able to collect SMF_218. Could you please implement the mapping of this record type at least?
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Powershell Library for PCOMM

Social Security Administration is looking to improve some automated actions in conjunction with the PCOMM application. Powershell libraries would allow us to accomplish our tasks in a more reliable fashion than current practices.
over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Add support to EDCDSECT for generating Doxygen-compatible comments

We have a product that has many data areas in common between C/C++ code and Assembler code. We generate the C/C++ header files from the Assembler DSECTs using the EDCDSECT utility provided by z/OS XL C/C++. We generate documentation for the C/C++ ...
over 8 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 21 Planned for future release

PCOMM to include support of Chinese Traditional characters not showing or showing incorrect in current version v14

as raised in TS006415857 - Chinese Traditional characters not showing or showing incorrect character symbol
over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

PLISAXA Performance with big files

We use PLISAXA to parse xmls. With larger files (approx. 4 GB) this takes almost an hour. Our users would like a faster answer here. Maybe there is a way to speed up the parsing. Thanks!
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Planned for future release

Support EHLLAPI in HACP EE

Support for EHLLAPI is mandatory requirement for some customers to upgrade to HACP EE as it is used extensively in HOD
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Reorg While Open (CR+) should not have a long during lock on the catalog

The Reorg While Open function of Advanced Catalog Management (CR+) puts a lock on the catalog during rebuilding. For larger catalogs this can take up to several minutes. In this time, no datasets residig in this catalog can be accessed and no new ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Containerization of HATS projects

System: HATSActor: Official support for HATS containers HATS is a commonly used product that provides Host Access modernization. HATS projects are normally web applications that are deployed to an application server and accessed over a browser. De...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release

RFE VPCPMON1 (LSS view): OOSTrks detail

RFE VPCPMON1 (LSS view): OOSTrks detail. The Itau bank Operation support team has a process to investigate the details every time that GDPS issues the message 'CONSISTENCY GROUP CREATION FAILED'.The Operation needs to look into GDPS VPCPMON1 panel...
over 8 years ago in GDPS 4 Planned for future release

ZD&T documentation about scenario where ZD&T Agent changed after deployment

Provide documentation or technote about the scenario where the ZD&T Agent changed or no longer available after image deployment. How to upgrade existing ZD&T target image? How to replace (if possible) the ZD&T agent?
over 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Planned for future release