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CICS Identify QMGR from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB

Please change CICS function 'Identify QMGR' from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB, for detail please reference case num:TS009163460
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

E3270UI - Add Userid and Wait Time Fields to Address Space Overview - "CPU Utilization Summary" Panel KM5ASPO

The USERID for a batch job and the wait time was requested by operations staff. They previously used the Omegamon for z/OS CUA product to monitor batch jobs, but when we migrated to V550 the CUA products were deprecated. The wait time would be th...
over 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - Optional clause for default value on >>DEFINE conditional-var AS PARAMETER

Add an optional clause to assign a default value on a conditional variable used as a parameter. This would be a simplified writing of : >>DEFINE conditional-var AS PARAMETER>>IF conditional-var IS NOT DEFINED>>DEFINE conditional-...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

API for pipeline and automation use to discover status

For automation purposes we need to know when a project is ready for discovery. This includes all 3 phases (Build server processes: [1]Build/Make & [2]API resolution; AD server process: Batch server [3] callgraph update, etc.). The automation p...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Flexible hostname lookup when using a proxy

Flexible hostname lookup is needed when using a proxy. CICS acting as a client can consume services/APIs on both internal (customer) and external (internet) networks. When consuming external services, CICS needs to route requests out through a pro...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Ability to manage key archival from EKMF-Web and carry the attribute forward to the CKDS

Today EKMF-Web does not support key archival where ICSF does. As our key management platform we would like to initiate/manage key archival from EKMF-Web and have the metadata updated on the CKDS when archival is performed. It would also make sense...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 1 Future consideration

The Admin should not be allowed to view the usersession without the user being informed or asked

When the Administrator starts Monitoring a user he has the Option whether or not to ask the users permission . The user would always be asked and the Administartor would not have the Option to Monitor without the users permission.
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

IBM JDK Kerberos compatibility

"Based on the JGSS documentation, IBM does not support the "storeKey" property as a JAAS option: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYKE2_7.0.0/com.ibm.java.security.api.doc/jgss/com/ibm/security/auth/module/Krb5LoginModule.html We ar...
over 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Option to save AOCTRACE globals, so can trace from NetView startup.

Tracing can easily be turned on using either command line or AOCTRACE panels, however, traces are not maintained over NetView restart. Please can an option be provided in AOCTRACE to allow saving of the aoctrace globals so tracing is restarted as ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

Implement preserve-root option on zfile rm

zTPF should request "positive confirmation/are you sure" on certain potentially harmful ZFILE commands.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration