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Encryption of the vsam databases

It could be advisable to have the possibility (by parameter of instance) to encrypt all (or some vsam database. only users having the right access to IWSz can access and read the content of the vsam files. there are some non-IBM tool allowing the ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Please add the resolved queue name and MQ reason text to the BEVA0015E message

The use of the term "Transmit Queue" in Online Message BEVA0015E is misleading and derails operations staff troubleshooting. In the MQ Vernacular "Transmit Queue" is a special Queue associated with an MQ Sender Channel. For Error Message BEVA0015E...
7 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Export/Import a VM fron one cluster to another cluster

Useful to move a workload from one cluster (maybe old) to another cluster (maybe new)
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Copy/Paste enablemnet for Remote console access KVM

Will nice to have the copy and past feature Remote console access KVM in CIC. Since this kind of console is used in case of problem/issue many time some solution can be found on manual or forum, and the solution commanda could be many and very lon...
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Enhancement for IDz Account Number\SMF Tracking

Request IBM to introduce an enhancement to the RDz (IDz) software. The enhancement will be to allow the mainframe portion of RDz to perform the necessary internal system interactions (i.e. SMF records) that will allow an individual RDz user's reso...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

We ask for an new GEOPLEX Domain definition to support Three sites.

We use GDPS/MTMM and we need to support a true three site setup with three CECs and single lpars running on one of the three, but with GDPS support for having the LPAR moved between the three sites.We are basically looking for a solution as illust...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration

System Automation, add "members=yes" option to INGDATA

In System Automation for z/OS, add the "MEMBERS=YES" option to the INGDATA interface. This would behave the same as for the INGLIST command: expanding a passed APG name into its component members.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Dependency scanner to use CSECT in BZUCFG to support when moduler-under-test is different from loadmodulename

If you perform zUnit testing on a program which is located in a load module which has a different name than the program name then DBB reads he BZUCFG incorrectly. The situation happens when testing statically called programs, or when the main prog...
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Future consideration

Structured Programming Macros: support parenthetical grouping of logical conditions via parentheses

Support for parenthetical grouping of logical conditions is currently only possible by using the ANDIF and ORIF operators. This is because the Structured Programming Macros do not support the use of parentheses to specify logical hierarchy of cond...
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

HACP EE support for Thai codepage.

Due to JAVA applet and webstart will deprecate in JDK9. Customer want to change from HOD to HACP EE. But current HACP EE not support Thai codepage. Please consider to add support for Thai code page (838).
almost 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Planned for future release