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Add Job Confirmation Option to Error Panel

We would like to have the capability in the error panel (HANDLING OPERATIONS ENDED IN ERROR) to have user preference option for job confirmation. This would act like application confirmation today (type Y to confirm you want the application force ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

Provide a java.security file to support z crypto h/w

Provide a mechanism to enable crypto hardware providers (IBMJCECCA and IBMJCEHYBRID) on z/OS without requiring additional configuration of the java.security properties file.
about 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Program name in PUT DATA / PUT LISTwithin CICS runtime

When running PL/I programs under CICS it is sometimes necessary to activate PUT DATAs or PUT LISTs to analyse problems within applications.The output of PUT DATAs or PUT LISTs is prefixed by Terminalid, Transactionid and timestamp. The program nam...
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Allow to interrupt before automatic restart. (DFHSJ1009)

We need an indicator before the JVM restarts (80% of runaway time), to allow us to shift the workload, before the JVM restarts. This topic was already discussed in a meeting with Hursley and the German CICS Tech Sales.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IWS z/OS IEFACTRT exit should write messages to JOBLOG instead of SYSLOG

Currently the IEFACTRT exit for TWS z/OS (SEQQSAMP member EQQACTR1) writes WTO messages to the z/OS SYSLOG (OPERLOG) when the restart and cleanup feature is used (RCLEANUP(YESL)) parameter. This can be avoided by using IEFYS instead of WTO.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

USER DASD consists of multiple SMS Storage Groups but when you drill down, it's showing volumes of those SMS Storage Groups... Would like to show SMS Storage groups before going to the individual volumes.

When you define USER DASD groups (e.g. DATABASES), you can add that USER group by defining specific (or multiple SMS Storage Groups) that would make up that USER DASD group. Drilling down into the USER DASD group, it then shows the individual volu...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 0 Future consideration

Modify INGREQ Command Dialogs AOFKVFY1

When issuing a STOP vote against a grouip, update the logic so that the INGREQ verify panel AOFKVFY1 shows ALL affected resource, not only those defined directly to the group.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

NetView command to refresh RACF access privileges

We need to protect modification commands, and only grant access to them as and when required. As NetView caches the RACF access privileges, it means commands can still be used after the access is taken away. NetView needs to either use the live RA...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

In a resource overrides .yaml file, allow multiple attribute values within a single selector clause to be OR'd.

Currently the logic would seem to support 1 attribute value on a given selector clause. If I have a resource attribute which can have many possible values and I want to trap some set of those values and apply the same override to each one, I have ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Future consideration

Show inserted CICS elements as part of the source code COBOL listing

When compiling with the COBOL co-processor, when CICS elements DFHEIBLK and DFHCOMMAREA are not coded by the programmer they are inserted by the compiler into the LINKAGE SECTION and as parameters on the PROCEDURE DIVISION statement.The elements d...
about 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration