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An option to create empty SAMDS output files (RBD 9.11 / Generation for VSE)

EGL doesn't provide a method to create empty output files, whereas in native Cobol, output file is created within the open statement. In a mixed environment (EGL, native Cobol, CA Easytrieve) we have, this shortage in EGL causes extra logic to be ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Planned for future release

No hourly statistics for DFSMS DCOLLECT

the DFSMS component only collects at daily level, could you think about the creation of an hourly table, for exemple a DFSMS_VOLUME_H could help in the daily peak analisis for a Storage Group given.
about 9 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

CDATA-section support when using webservices.

Sending binary data through a webservice is not possible. The webservice will crash. Also, our users regularly seem to manage to enter illegal characters which after being sent or received by a webservice will make the webservice crash. Adding the...
over 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Inter-product Integrations 3 Planned for future release

Need to be able to specified the schema name for storing VSAM files in a database.

We need to be able to configure the schema name to store in database a VSAM files.The tables emulating the VSAM file are always stored in a schema named CICS.
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Provide PMTU retransmits and errors at connect detail

Omegamon MFN provide stats on the stack workspace that shows both PMTU errors and retransmissions. On the connect detail there is no way to know if that connect had a PMTU error or retransmission. At the connect detail it will have the remote IP w...
over 9 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 3 Planned for future release

AA-025 (BAC) A/A Sites workload definition at workload router by message content.

AA-025 (BAC) A/A Sites workload definition at workload router by message content. Required due to mixed workload delivery channels
over 9 years ago in GDPS 2 Planned for future release

AA-046 (ICBC) GDPS/A-A wait for the completion of qrep replication before switch workload to new site

AA-046 (ICBC) GDPS/A-A should has the ability to wait for the completion of qrep replication before switch workload to new site at the time of workload failure caused by CICS region failure.
over 9 years ago in GDPS 1 Planned for future release

TAAM should not rely on the name of the STC to ignore DB2 data sets

TAAM by design does not process DB2 data sets. However in order to ignore these data sets, TAAM rely on the name of the DB2 STC. If this name is the default one, everything is fine however if the name has been customized by the customer then TAAM ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

PDMD0304-680 (DM Data) RACF security should be more granual to satisfy Audit requirements

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: jes.jessenSubmitters Company: DMdata PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PDMD0304-680 (DM Data) RACF security should be more granual to satisfy Audit requirementsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: GDPS/HMGDPS...
almost 10 years ago in GDPS 1 Planned for future release

PITA1201-384 GDPS - History-Log for all GDPS-actions. (Wolfgang Dungl)

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: CN=Arlene Berchtold/OU=Poughkeepsie/O=IBMSubmitters Company: IT Austria PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PITA1201-384 GDPS - History-Log for all GDPS-actions. (Wolfgang Dungl)Homework Assigned: NoRequirement Categ...
almost 10 years ago in GDPS 2 Planned for future release