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Modify command to display parms of running controller

Modify command to display parms of running controller so you can see what is running because the parmlib might have been updated since last restart and doesn´t show the whole truth. Would be good for IBM Casing and to see yourself if neccessary.
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Python support for RACF Keyrings

With Python becoming more popular on z/OS for automation tasks, it should provide the same level and mechanisms of security offered in other ported languages such as Java. Currently, for example, certificates stored in RACF must be exported, copie...
over 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration

Allow for rebalance of CICS regions connected to Couriers after restart.

Once a CICS region is connected to a particular courier in the base component, it will continue to connect to the same courier across restarts of the base component. Please allow for the (optional?) redistribution of the connections, balanced acro...
3 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

Adding SMF110 field with local time

Adding SMF110 new fields with local time for : START TIMESTAMP(TOD) STOP TIMESTAMP(TOD) for exemple START TIMESTAMP(TZ) and STOP TIMESTAMP(TZ) to have the real local time for start and end transaction, easier for analyzing performance of CICS tran...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Functionality already exists

Use PgmModuleMap.txt for IMS TM besides JCL

There is now way to map IMS TM program to an differently named entrymodule in ADDI (besides decisions that can't be automated) when the Main and entry module has different names. This result in analyze chain being broken and part of the value of A...
26 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Under review

GDPS ability to have multiple flash copies in MGM 3-site

In a 3 site MGM environment , with virtual LCP copy & a testcopy, we are limited to only 1 testcopy flashcopy target. We have a requirement to take Flashcopies once a week along with having RC1 flashcopy taken daily. Currently, there is ...
8 months ago in GDPS 11 Future consideration

Include CPU consumed by API in interceptors

Customer needs to determine APIs with high CPU to target for tuning. The customer uses OMEGAMON for JVM for API monitoring and they would like CPU per API included in detail reports.
3 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

Request for application not visible in SMU when coming from Rest Server (API)

I notice the following in SMU: if an application (e.g.) is stopped via the api then it is not visible in SMU that there is a vote/request for this application. That's not very convenient.....You can now see that an application is DOWN but not why ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

Syntax highlighting for Python

Now z/OS include Python in z/OS, to encounrage the adoption of Python, IDz should support syntax highlight for Python
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

Include the Storage allocated by program in the historical painel KCPTASHP

Now with OMEGAMON for CICS V5.6 is possible to see in the interface 3270UI (TOM) which programs were executed by task in the historical view (KCPTASHP) and their elapsed and CPU Time.It is very important to CUSTOMER. Congrats lab! The question is:...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 0 Future consideration

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