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CTCz Timestamp data on Status panel

On "Cloud Dataset Display" panel (Panel#CUZ$CDSN), Timestamp data is from UTC.Would you change this timestamp data as the local time?
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

XL C/C++ for z/OS Compiler Features

We'd like to move to using the newer Clang-based XL C/C++ compiler, but we need some features that are not present in the newer product, namely: AMODE31 supportEBCDIC supportHex float support
over 4 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration

Flexible USS FILTER

The current Application USS FILTER field is limited as the filter is basically the command string which can be truncated from the right. The filter should be enhanced to allow;1) full unix grepEg in filter define: grep [options] PATTERN2) standard...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

GDPS CA: GDPS ROUTING SCRIPT can end timely and do not wait for the end of workload monitoring

During workload switch with GDPS ROUTING script, customer found that ROUTING script did not end as soon as the switch was completed. Customer opened the case and was reply that 'After the workload switch completion as shown in message GEO4560I, th...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Need a ways to see both control and location information for RSH buffers

PJ45598 provided support for recoverable system heap. The support allows for a request for recoverable system heap to be serviced from 64 bit system heap if there isn't enough room in the preallocated RSH area. ZDSHP FIND displays information abou...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

QCF should show Commit Mode and Synchlvl information within the message prefix

VTS is a large user of APPC and OTMA transaction, they would like to be able to see Commit Mode and Synchlvl information within the message prefix . This will allow them to understand what are the specific setting of APPC and OTMA messages (from a...
over 8 years ago in IMS Queue Control Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

CICS Transaction Server Gateway

CICS TS Gateway provides Average Response time in its returned Gateway statistics for the interval or the day. We need total response time, so that we can elicit the statistics on whatever interval we choose and be able to derive the average respo...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Future consideration

The C++ interface for demangling new cxxabi names(generated by xlclang 16.1) are not implemented.

The C++ interface for demangling new cxxabi names(generated by xlclang 16.1) are not implemented. The C++ interface could only demangle old C++ names generated by xlC.
over 4 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 1 Future consideration

Populate ICOW owner ID with C-O-W program exception address

Currently there is no tool to identify the exact location of a Copy on Write exception only the program name.This suggestion involves a three line update in CPSE to add the COW exception program old PSW address as the low order owner ID of the XMB...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

IBM z/OS Debugger - How to know which register is allocated to variable

Customer is using Assembler language.To debug this Assembler, they are using "IBM z/OS Debugger" under 3270 interface. As a nature of Assembler, variable is often allocated to a certain Register.Hence, while turning on Monitoring the variable, cus...
over 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration