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Modify PIPESCAN mechanism similar to PHASEIN

Hi, customer is having some problems during PIPESCAN process when the CICS workload is too high. While the webservice is updating, if the webservice is in use, as the process is not able to free the used resource, the update process could take sev...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Enable zHyperwrite for VSAM and VSAM-RLS files in SIT

We're looking to implement zHyperwrite on our system, it's already active for DB2/MQ, and we will soon deliver the APAR (UJ92354) for vsam part. Following this documentation : https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=performance-zhyperwrite It'...
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Add support for usage of data area for arrays in the request of API Clients using top down approach with z/OS Connect open api 3

When generating data structures for an API requester based on an OpenAPI file that includes an array in the request parameters, Gradle generates a data structure using a data area. However this is not supported right now since the host api verb BA...
4 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Planned for future release

Override ConnectionRef in .ara file to address multiple RESTFul endpoints

API Requester scenario. 2 different environments , SVIL1 and SVIL2, sharing the same ZCNEE instance. There are 2 RESTful endpoints, one for SVIL1 and one for SVIL2 (they can also be API managers, like APIConnect) The same CICS program is deployed ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Planned for future release

Add one decimal place to the reported CP Weight value, e.g. 31.4% instead of current 31%.

Customers can use three digits for their LPAR weight assignments (e.g. 314). Therefore, a two-digit reported percentage value may not accurately reflect the true weight the system is managing to.
2 months ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide the ability to report resource consumption of multiple address spaces, for specific hours of the day only.

As an example, customer would like to report the combined CPU utilization of two address spaces, for only a peak period of several hours, on one report.
2 months ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Dynamic alter ctg maximum connection managers MAXCONNECT (other)

Ability to alter dynamically the connection manager maximum (MAXCONNECT), dynamically to avoid bounce of CTG to change the .ini file. This would allow for changes to be done on the fly. We do have multiple instances of the gateway, to stager recyc...
2 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Key lifecycle management for old key versions

This idea is related to EKM-I-70 After a key is rotated, there should be options to manage the lifecycle of the old keys. One option could be to set the old version of the key to inactive, so it can not be used for new encryption anymore

It should be possible to move keys from one vault to another

Once a key is created, it stays in the vault it was created in. But there might be reasons for having to transfer the key from one vault to another, like: moving key from test vault to production vault changed responsibilities for the key, if vaul...

There should be a way to synchronize UKO and ICSF key metadata

This is an additional idea to EKM-I-73 There should also be an option to synchronize key metadata between UKO and ICSF. For example, if the expiry date in ICSF is changed, this should be reflected in UKO to be notified (showing key out of sync) to...
2 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted