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Global ENQ's Wait for a Cics Resource Dispatch Philosophy to be redesigned

To day when an Enqueue is wanted for a Resource between Cics Regions or LPARS, that is CEDA definition with ENQScope other than blank.ENQScope : XXXX, and ends up enq GRS ENQS. It can end up in, that one Cics Region can monopolize transactions hav...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide Liberty level details of z/OS Connect address space – related to connection pool usage point

Require the ability to monitor the connection pools (session usage, free/in use/waiting) by individual connection name, in order to identify resource usage for problem determination and increase in traffic/usage. This will allow us to plan ahead i...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Allow IPCONN USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) parameter w/o SSL for IPIC-connected CICS running in different intranet sysplexs

IPIC Connections between CICS regions running in different LPARs active in trusted SYSPLEX's, require secured SSL connections if the IPCONN USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) parameter is specified for the IPCON resources. This is documented here:http://www-01.ib...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Build Client CSD Parser should handle LIST GROUP

Currently the CSD parser will only handle a DFHCSDUP report produced with LIST LIST(.....). It does not use the output of a LIST GROUP(....) OBJECTS command
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

EYU9XSTR Threadsafe

Convert the EYU9XSTR Exit to be Threadsafe
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow Read-Only access to Named Counter Server pools

We are using IBM Named Counter Servers as the storage facility for our Slow Roll infrastructure on the mainframe. Only Alter and Control Access is offered for the Named Counter Servers. For our implementation, READ access is required. Access to th...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Cannot create a COM folder on Windows

Windows do not create folders named COM1 to COM9: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-onedrive-for-business-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#invalidfilefoldernames https://answe...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Remove DB2ADM Requirement for Install & Support

DB2ADM access is too board for the shop. No one in the company has this access. The product should be able to be supported by application teams.
11 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Eliminate the Usage of Passwords for System Tasks

Passwords for System Tasks is not allowed at the Shop. The passwords for the Cognos access and for the Forecasting feature need to be eliminated.
11 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

SSRANGE Functionality Enhancement

Enhance SSRANGE regardless of selected option (MSG/ABD) to stop memory overlays when starting position for reference modification exceeds target data field length.
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

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