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Hide by default the liberty Profile version number, displayed on https://LibertyLibertyIPaddress:port

The Liberty profile server is included in GDPS Installation. We noticed, it's possible to display the liberty Profile number version by entering the internet address of the Liberty welcome page ://LibertyLibertyIPaddress:port. It's a problem becau...
9 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Remove READSEC / WRITESEC and have NetView use RACF DATASET instead

NetView is incapable of accessing the RACF DATASET profiles so when reading a dataset from NetView it checks only the READSEC and WRITESEC access before reading/writing to datasets. This seems unnecessary and means that we have to duplicate our al...
9 days ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Submitted

COBOL uninitialized variables: Changing the way storage is obtained

Dear Madam/Sir We upgraded from Enterprise COBOL v4.2 to v6.3 in 2022. Since then we have enabled various checks provided by the new compiler like PARMCHECK, INITCHECK and NUMCHECK. During these three years we are trying to correct our programs th...
18 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

zVM shutdown via GDPS with Immediate option

Thru GDPS, zVM Lpars can be shutdown but the default is "signal shutdown all within ". cmd: received command #2039.14280 xdr.qshutdown -v 1 -c xxx -n xx -t yyy cmd: rc=0 for command 'xdr.qshutdown -v 1 -c xxx -n xxx -t yyy' sent to GDPS cmd: rece...
10 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

this is related GDPS CPC ops - need more clarity and tracking ability when IBM SA netview started , GDPS is initialized, CPC ops - why SA HW interface not able intialize properly, i hardly see any messages why its not connected, sometimes it shows green, all connected to CPCs this will help in identifying the problem , also to plan any standard actions like LOAD,IPL,ACTIVATE etc using GDPS panels.

this is related GDPS CPC ops - need more clarity and tracking ability when IBM SA netview started , GDPS is initialized, CPC ops - why SA HW interface not able intialize properly, i hardly see any messages why its not connected, sometimes it shows...
10 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Add Visual and Logical Text Layer in DB2 properties for IDz 16.x

Hi, For Hebrew users (or other languages that write from right to left), there is a need to read the SQL results in Visual Text Layer, otherwise the data is displayed in reverse order. We can't find the Text Layer option on Default BiDi Settings i...
19 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

LCP: tagging/untagging using script or NetView command

Currently, the only way a capture can be tagged or untagged is from panel VPCPLCS0. Being able to take these actions using a NetView command or a GDPS script would help develop unattended procedures.
11 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Extend Query Services to LCP

In standard GDPS, this functionality is very helpful to support local automatic processes. Here are some examples where Query Services may be helpful in a LCP environment: - Being able to see capture and recovery information before deciding which ...
11 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

ZOAU does not support PDSE datasets on EAV volumes (because they are a format 8/9/3 pair in the VTOC and ZOAU only supports 1 and 8). It would be important to format support for the 8/9/3 VTOC pair. So, request to add this new format support in ZOAU. Thanks

We have PDSE ds allocated in EAV volumes, so when we use member_archive in Wazi Deploy we get the following error in the copy step using ZOAU copy command dcp. Unexpected dscb3 format encountered with ds3keyid of 0x9010180" error" can happen for d...
13 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

multiple servers in a single Administrator instance

currently we have to open many Administrator instances on our work station so we can see all servers simultaneously. a single instance with all servers like the Designer will make it alot easier and user friendly.
13 days ago in ApplinX 0 Submitted

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