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Allow cicstags.yaml code to exclude DFHHC0801W for CICS_CAT3_CONFIGURATION

After upgrading to CICS TS 6.1 these messages would come out in the JESMSGLOG every 30 minutes when the zOS health checker runs: +DFHHC0801W CICSX0 Transaction CESF does not invoke program DFHSFP. +DFHHC0801W CICSX0 Transaction CESL does not invok...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

We would like to have an option in ORF to backout any changes done during the Takeover Phase if Takeover is not completed successfully.

If ORF ABENDs during the Takeover Phase, the database is left off-line and in a prohibit authorization state. It may take some time to diagnose and resolve the issue which caused the ABEND and the database is unavailable during this time. In a cas...
over 2 years ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

IBM Explorer for z/OS is not compatible with macOS Big Sur

IBM Explorer for z/OS 3.2 which runs on Eclipse Photon v4.8 is not compatible with the new macOS release, Big Sur. more info can be found on : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6369275
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

z/OS Connect API - allow to set HTTP response status code in the API

z/OS Connect API - allow to set HTTP response status code in the API When a client submits an API request to z/OS Connect, it receives a response (with JSON payload), and an HTTP status code. However, the status code does not reflect any non-fatal...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

fieldformat not changed - case sensitive

We imported a pl/1 Structur. After import alle the fields in lower case changed to uppercase, this is not nice, because the developper has to change the format every time he changes the service. It would be good if the fields keep the format defin...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 6 Delivered

TLVLOG output

It would be useful to create another way of Dataset to collect the output of TLVLOG. This new way could allow to collect it in several datasets that would avoid to have a huge sequential dataset with all the TLVLOG from long time. For example, a GDG.
almost 3 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

JSON GENERATE : Conditional SUPPRESS

JSON object, unlike copy cobol, are flexible : a JSON object can have non-mandatory name/value pairs missing. Currently with JSON GENERATE : - for a string, when the value is all space, a single space is kept. - for a number, when the value is 0, ...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Delivered

add a configurable timer and max. number of request to the audit interceptor to force writing SMF123V2 record

add a configurable timer and a configurable max. number of requests to the audit interceptor, that will flush the queue and write the SMF123V2 record as configured by the customer
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

WAS Liberty for z/OS tracking support for IBM Observability by Instana Application Performance Monitoring on z/OS

Our customer wants to track the transaction which connects between WAS Liberty on z/OS and Db2 for z/OS via JDBC Type 2.Competitor is Dynatrace which supports WAS Liberty on z/OS but out customer wants to use IBM Instana if this support will be ad...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Delivered

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...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Delivered

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