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Re-drive prompts for MFA (and UID/PW) to handle multiple connections from different sysplexes and RACF setups

When IDz has multiple RSE connections, multiple DB2 for z/OS connections, multiple sysplexes, and multiple RACF setups, it’s hard to determine which prompts and logins go with which connection in the current connection configuration in IDz. For DB...
2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Planned for future release

Provide API to obtain IMS Restart time

Our applications are critical to large company telecommunications systems and we supply a support screen via an IMS 3270 TP transaction which shows system environment information, including installed release levels, IMS Catalog Status, and other z...
4 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Under review

Allow an IMS unit test case to be able to record data when target program is in message processing loop

If you use Test Accelerator for Z to create a unit test case for an IMS tran/program, if the program is in a loop where it waits for a msg, then processes the IMS msg, then goes back to wait for the next msg, you need to stop the IMS batch job and...
4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Automated build process for CICS Web Services (wsbind files), XML Transforms (xsdbind files) and JSON Transforms (jsbind files)

We are working on modernizing our environment by transitioning to an CI/CD Pipeline in conjunction with a modern source code management tool. Currently there is no ability to automate the build of CICS Web Services, XML transform and JSON transfor...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

TWS user id is unable to impersonate to job user on NFS v4

TWS userID on zCentric agents is unable to impersonate to job user on NFS v4, but it works fine on NFS v3. There is a restriction for "setuid" on NFS v4, so TWS agent if installed on NFS v4 is able to the run jobs only as TWS user. Jobs with other...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Provide a new option for how CICS should recover from a storage violation

Why is it useful? If I enable all CICS storage protection options (RENTPGM=PROTECT STGPROT=YES TRANISO=YES), define all programs with EXECKEY=USER, and define all transactions with ISOLATE=YES, I can be reasonably confident that any victim task of...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Please provide a CICS Explorer Definitions view for DUMPCODE resources

I want to administer DUMPCODE resources using the CICS Explorer and require a Definition view for updating the resource in the CSD and installing it.
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

RMFIII report STORM in CDP

Could we have RMFIII report STORM in CDP ? we currently have STORR STORC and STORF , but STORM is missing . kind regards Régis
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0

SSH JAM recycle should defer shutdown to allow work/connections in progress to complete

When SSH JAM is recycled, any SFTP connections in progress are lost. Update the SSH JAM to allow connection in progress to complete.
2 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Split & Swap screen in GDPS Netview

Currently under GDPS Netview, there is limitation to split/swap between multiple screens. With the ability to split & swap between multiple screens, GDPS actions & verifications can be managed well in parallel & it would be useful to...
4 months ago in GDPS 4 Not under consideration