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ProcOps: define more than one target hardware per z/OS system

Enhance ProcOps so that it can handle multiple definitions for z/OS Systems residing in differently named HW Slots on different CPUs.By now we have a homegrown application that is leveraging ProcOps functionality to deal with HW Automation. To be ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

Enhance functionality for SA's E2E automation

Enhance functionality of SA's E2E Automation so that the E2E Manager knows about requests of a local Automation Manager and thus is enabled to show correct Status of a referenced resource.The REF-resource's Status on the E2E Manager System should ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

CA-7 import via file in project folder

Enhance ADDI to allow CA-7 extracts to be imported via a file in a project folder (no z/OS connection required). Function to work in the same was as you load a CSD file into ADDI.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under 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...
almost 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under 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...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Intranet Server so where non-IBM employees can access our Documentation offline.

Currently, IBM documentation can only be accessed and downloaded internally. There is no intranet server for customers to download/configure and customers cannot access the documentation externally. The current process is to download the IBM deskt...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

Multiple CGs for CKD volumes for xDR Linux guests running on zVM LPARs

As of today IBM SYSPLEX and GDPS Architecture relies on 1 and only one CKD Consistency group. RB would like IBM to allow multiple consistency groups (at least 1 z/OS and 4 CKD Consistency Group for zLinux applications residing in z/VM environments...
about 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Open big sysout whith IDZ

We have sysout with 500000 lines or more, and we can't open it with IDZ. For big sysout it is possible to add a function for open it at line n, or for search an particular string and open it a this line ? An editor similar to "Editeur de donnée Sy...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 9 Not under consideration

zCEE to call SAF for authentication

This is following on from RFE # 99337. Since the last RFE was submitted, the zCEE authorization interceptor has been extended to allow even more groups to be defined for more granular control of the various operations and actions permitted within ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 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...
almost 7 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration