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(TPFUG/Visa) Add ASCII/Text transfer support to the SFTP server

Currently we are using FTPS support where clients can use both binary and text options while sending files to zTPF. The SFTP support provided only support binary transfers and we would like to be able to offer the ASCII/text option.
2 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Under review

Optimize tagged heap lookup service routine.

Currently tpf_eheap_tag() and tpf_eheap_locate() are convenient APIs to retrieve heap buffer addresses across an ECB's lifetime. The tpf_eheap_locate() service routine in the CP executes a sequential search through all heap buffers until the provi...
4 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Under review

Endpoint Descriptor - New Connection Error Threshold Element

Allow customer-specific settings to define at what point (counter) errors experienced during the endpoint descriptor processing will force an automated system undeploy of the failing endpoint descriptor.
3 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Under review

Adding SMF110 field with local time

Adding SMF110 new fields with local time for : START TIMESTAMP(TOD) STOP TIMESTAMP(TOD) for exemple START TIMESTAMP(TZ) and STOP TIMESTAMP(TZ) to have the real local time for start and end transaction, easier for analyzing performance of CICS tran...
10 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

Change description of submenus

Hello, we want to change the description of the submenus. Can you help?
4 days ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 1 Under review

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file.Refer TS016428390
11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Under review

Create a table that presents the value of MSUs consumed exactly equal to field N7 of the SCRT

Field N7 of the SCRT presents the number of MSUs consumed per LPAR that will be paid to IBM under the TFP contract. In order to better price products and anticipate the amount to be paid, we need to know the quantity of MSUs consumed to carry out ...
3 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Under review

CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in OMEGAMON for JVM

OMEGAMON for JVM (and record SMF 123) doesn't provide CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in z/OS Connect Server OAS3 native. This is a requirement for the client to get this information to be able to monitor and analyze perfo...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Under review

Full support of SMF102 data

CDP / ZLDA only supports a limited subset of SMF102 records. At a minimum, IFCID 145 and IFCID 142 are required; ideally all of the fields within SMF102 are needed. The customer has chosen Splunk as a strategic platform for enterprise log analysis...
4 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

the creation of an option to inhibit or manage appropriately Assignment name for environment variable

Dynamic allocation can introduce opportunities for system vulnerability
about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Under review

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