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z/OS Connect

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Produce message for C:D waiting excessive amont of time for dataset allocation request

All Connect:Direct copy step will fail when it is waiting for a dataset allocation request to complete. This mostly will happen if dataset is migrated or is resided on tape. Produce a message for a specific process/dataset if allocation request ha...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Allow functions to be applied to the Request and Response mappings of APIs

Extend the mapping capability provided in the API Toolkit for APIs to include functions. I have included some examples below in the use case section, but the mapping capability within API Toolkit should ideally be aligned to that provided by API C...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Server Clustering for RESTful Administration Services

Today the RESTful Administration Interface only administers single z/OS Connect server instances. WAS Liberty does have server clustering capabilities. For those who designed a High availability z/OS Connect solution, clustering would be a great f...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

image file transfer through z/OS Connect inbound scenario

I submit this RFE on behalf of JIM (Jabatan Imigrisen Malaysia) per customer request. JIM have requirement on image file transfer through z/OS Connect with inbound processing.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

IMS service provider support for asyncRequestTimeout expiration

IMS service provider takes appropriate action when the asyncRequestTimeout expires Note: asyncRequestTimeout handling by the CICS service provider was added in V3.0.9.0.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Global settings for useBearerScheme="false" in server.xml

It can only update one config and effectuate to all zosconnect_authToken elements. The risk for the change would be smaller and it would benefit to both application and support teams.
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 3 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...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Need a tool to batch ".SAR" creation.

We want to batch the IMS service creation instead of using the API Toolkit.We have more than 4500 service to migrate from our actual SOA plateform. We need an industrial way to generate ".sar(s)".
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Allow data from header to be appended to a policy rule

At the moment, you can override some property fields in the service archive with data you specify in the header, or the value in the header with a hard-coded value that is set in the policy file. There is no middle ground functionality to be able ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Allow third party Service Provider interface to set System of Record Data

Customers of monitoring products like OMEGAMON for JVM want to be able to monitor API connections to third party service providers like DVM. The public third party Service Provider interface does populate any of the SoR fields for SMF or intercept...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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