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Implement security for creating, modifying and removing ETT

IWS provited a detailed protection for the most objects via authority groups.Creating, modifying and removing ETTs in the database does not have similar security features as the authority groups implements. It is just possible to protect ETT eleme...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

API Requester support for additional content-type

Currently, API Requester only supports a content-type of application/json We have teams that require to be able to call REST APIs with content-types other than the one currently supported:multipart/form-dataapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedapplica...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

SSH JAM recycle should defer shutdown to allow work/connections in progress to complete

When SSH JAM is recycled, any SFTP connections in progress are lost. Update the SSH JAM to allow connection in progress to complete.
2 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Improve performance of C++ try/catch when exception is thrown

Our coding best practice guidelines advise developers not to use the try-throw-catch method in C++ code for control of the program flow or transaction validation as the underlying TPF mechanism for identifying the source of the thrower results in ...
5 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Provide a DELETE option for the STOP SECONDARY, and a NOCOPY option for the START SECONDARY script statements

As an MGM4SITE environment with external LCP, we have regular resiliency tests where we failover from one region to the other (REG-A to REG-B). When we do this we have to terminate the copy to the LCP source disk in the old recovery region (REG-B)...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Sample code for zWS user exits (EQQUXnnn) should allow a TRACE for input parameters and return codes

For sample exit code provided in SEQQSAMP or generated from the exit workbench, it would help to be able to turn on a trace which lists the input parameters (normally pointed to via register 1) and the return code used to leave the exit, as this i...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Define layout for SMF_105 records (GDPS RPO data)

Hi team, We would like to have the possibility of reporting real time RPO information using iZPCA. This will allow us to act faster and more accurately in events that can impact the client data replication and all of its disaster recovery strategy...

Task history collection filters to reduce/control collection.

Task history collection collects records for all task in the region. We want to be able to filter on what tasks are collected. and only collect the records for tasks that pass the filters setup for the region. The filters could be, but not limited...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Please FP Tools support reloading SDEP segments without changing their RBA when the DBD is changed.

Appl needs to keep RBA position on DEDB SDEP even they change DBD structure.
2 months ago in IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS / Fast Path Basic Utilities 1 Planned for future release

allow STCKE columns on table MVS_ZCONNECT_T to be pulled as a timestamp using SQL

These columns on table MVS_ZCONNECT_T are not usable, because they cannot be selected as a readable value using DB2 mainframe SQL. TIME_ZC_ENTRY_E TIME_ZC_EXIT_E TIME_SOR_SENT_E TIME_SOR_RECV_E I was asked to submit a RFE for this, but I did find ...
9 months ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration