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zAPM tracking data needs to be honored in CPSM routed environments.

I would like for the transaction tracking data to be honored if the transaction is routed dynamically from the TOR without executing. - PMR ID TS003273072
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) should use RACF EJBROLE to associated roles with a userid when the DWC running under z/OS (zliberty)

Currently DWC uses an internal DB2 database to associate roles with userids, and it allows RACF userids and passwords to be used at logon time but when assigning a role to the userid it depends on information in an internal database rather than ge...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Sample using C++ Foundation Classes with Containers

I could not find a sample using C++ Foundation Classes for CICS using container.I really need a sample code using containers
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

SIT parameters in a table view

The ability to see system initialization parameters in a table view for the entire plex, rather than per region.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Phasein of Java bundles in an environment with different bundles and dependencies between these bundles

FI is going to modernize its backend application, that means it will migrate its programs step by step to Java. As runtime Environment we use CICS TS. CICS TS supports the Integration of Cobol and Java. Currently we deploy our Java part in one CIC...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Variable number of containers in .sar

We have many programs allocating a variable number of containers (we identified programs where this occurs in output , but it could happen in input as well). All these containers are identical from structure point of view, their number and their n...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Add a way to stop queueing for STOPed transactions (for transaction switching)

When a transactions is STOPped, if you try to call one directly (from a terminal ou from IMS Connect), your requested will be rejected and the request will not queue. But if you make the call to the STOPped transaction from another transaction usi...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

GDPS Design Council and the z/OS Container Council to transform the GDPS Control LPARs to either a Secure Services Container

Many larger customers and even smaller customers have more GDPS control LPARs than they have actual z/OS application LPARs. (AmEx – 20 GDPS LPARs for Global Mirror). The amount of control LPARs then have be kept current with z/OS maintenance, secu...
almost 3 years ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration

ZDT Tools API /zdtrs/appServices/applications/ with more granularity

Need of ZDT Tools API /zdtrs/appServices/applications/ with more granularity When using ZDT Tools API /zdtrs/appServices/applications/ the list returned by APi is to large and too detailled.Could you add filters to help us to list available image ...
almost 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

MRD( Multiple Release Detection) enhancement

Requesting two enhancements to the MRD ( IBM for the Multiple Release Detection package) The first request would be to make the timestamp more granular for the release data by changing it from hh:mm to hh:mm:ss. The second request would be to have...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration