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IDZ is unable to use file manager to copy files between sysplex /lpars when MFA is enabled. See Sev2 Case TS016140826 for additional info.

all developers using IDZ in a multiple sysplex / lpar environment.
5 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Make parm ISSUE681=xx also available in an IMS/DC environment

Hi, Option ISSUE681=xx - which specifies the number of DFS681I messages per second within a batch or BMP region - is only available in a IMS DB/DC environment. Due to massive checkpoints in our IMS/DC system, we regularly experienced delays on IMS...
5 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

Eliminate the TEMPORARY operand of parameter SSCMNAME as it is not necessary and causes many problems

Currently the SSCMNAME can be coded as (EQQSSCMx,TEMPORARY) or (EQQSSCMx,PERMANENT) where x is a subsystem suffix (for instance letter O for 10.1 release). However it is not necessary to have the TEMPORARY option as to go to the different release ...
10 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Make it easy to find the scripts needed to create the DB2 history database on a non-z/OS platform (UNIX, LINUX,WINDOWS)

Currently, the DB2 history file definitions for a database on z/OS DB2 are provided in SEQQSAMP while the skips needed for the other platforms are only available in a CD image (ISO) that can be obtained by ordering the zWS product via SHOP z SERIE...
10 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Bypass DFHH0414 Health Check for a CMAS

In CICS/TS v6.1 section "Setting up a CICSPlex SM address space (CMAS)" the manual : XCMD=NO : For a CMAS you must specify NO for CICS commands. But after the v6.1 CMAS is started, there is a DFHH0414 message in health check IBMCICS/CICS_REGION_CO...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Add user types for SHUTDOWN commands, similar to user type for STARTUP

It is possible to alter/modify the start of an application by specifying a TYPE of STARTUP in the appropriate phase. An example of this using "WARM" as the type is shown in this KC figure: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRCJ_4.1.0/c...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

DFHAC2236 does not appear when CICS webservice transaction abends.

Right now, when a CICS webservice abends only message DFHSR0001 is generated. In order to maintain monitoring and accounting mechanisms it would be nice to have message DFHAC2236 in CICS LOG.
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange for z/OS Connect

We would like to have the functionality of Token Exchange in OAuth 2.0 (see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8693) directly enabled from z/OS Connect EE. This would enable us to use the 'extension' OAuth Grant Type to execute new token requests usin...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

support signed tokens for callout/consumer scenario

support signed tokens for callout/consumer scenario
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Provide code to allow customers to send events to applications via REST API

This would provide a fully supported way for customers using IBM Z System Automation to interface with applications running on z/OS, or other platforms using REST. This would avoid the need for customers to create their own bespoke scripts. It sho...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

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