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Enable CTC to leverage TCT for network transfers

Where possible it would be good if CTC could leverage TCT as it network transfer mechanism which would effectively enable serverless data movement and reduce overall resource consumption.
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Application Discovery : Export Feature in Nested Cross Application Call Graph

Hello This RFE request is mainly concerned about export possibility in the nested cross application call graph. We have learned that version v5.1.0.7 has new cross call graph feature., meaning ADDI not only retrieve the border programs(ones that h...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Please add TIME_RES lookup tables to more IDSZ components

Please add TIME_RES lookup tables to more IDSZ components. Currently there are only two TIME_RES tables for CP (CP_TIME_RES) and MVSPM (MVSPM_TIME_RES) components and we are looking this feature for all components
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Future consideration

Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc

Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc.We are currently using table MVSPM_DEVICE_H to retrieve DASD usage and response data. The data has one record per DASD device. A key metric for us is to have response and...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

Option to save AOCTRACE globals, so can trace from NetView startup.

Tracing can easily be turned on using either command line or AOCTRACE panels, however, traces are not maintained over NetView restart. Please can an option be provided in AOCTRACE to allow saving of the aoctrace globals so tracing is restarted as ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

CICS PA - Improve Data Dictionary mass update process

When using the "Mass update" option to populate the data dictionary file then only the details for the last CICS region to be processed is recorded in the Data Dictionary file. If you need to use Data Dictionary files then you need to have a separ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Support IAM option to either the DSORG or DSNAME_TYPE keywords

AAM supports certain functions of IAM datasets. It would be beneficial if selection criteria could be used to control intervention based on whether a dataset is of type IAM or not.
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Add Modified user & timestamp to ACF members

It would be useful to have the modified details in the ACF members. We quite often scan the ACF members for details as it easier than using the PDB. Seeing the data the entry was modified can be useful for ruling out the member when we are investi...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Support NONVPNAME option on ZDECB

PJ46160 provided support on ZDECB to display ECBs with a given NVPNAME. Request ZDECB support for NONVPNAME which would display ECBs which do not have the given NVPNAME setup.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Addition details in message ID: EYUXL0033I

When CPSM is going to purge a task at shutdown, it should issue an EXEC CICS INQ TASK(12345) to see if the task has a Principal Facility. And if it does, it should then query that facility with an EXEC CICS INQ TERM(XXXX) in order to get the CONNe...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration