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IBM Z Decision Support

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Support SMF123 subtype 2 V2 record layout

IBM z/OS Connect has recently improved their SMF123 records. We need IZDS to support their new record layouts. zOS Connect recently improved SMF details for API Requesters. SMF123-subtype 2-V2 is an additional new record layout. Here is a link to ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

Add SQL counts columns to KPM_DB2_PACKAGE tables

Add columns to KPM_DB2_PACKAGE tables :SQL_SELECT SQL_INSERT SQL_UPDATE SQL_MERGE SQL_DELETE SQL_OPEN SQL_FETCH SQL_CLOSE
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Add columns to KPM CICS table

Add the following columns to KPMC_MON_TRAN_H (as in CICS_TRANSACTION_H) :- BMS_REQUESTS_TOTAL to quickly identify 3270 transactions- SYNCPOINT_REQUESTS- RESPONSE_MAX_SEC and CPU_MAX_SEC to identify a possible anomaly during the interval (the peaks...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Track availability for multi-LPAR subsystems

Please allow tracking for multi-LPAR subsystems other than SYSPLEX. As long as one member of a multi-system resource or subsystem is available, there was no outage.
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

Move DB2 package fields to the package tables

Please move the following package detail information from the DB2 transaction tables, to the package table where they are more useful: SELECT_ACC INSERT_ACC UPDATE_ACC DELETE_ACC DESCRIBES_ACCPREPARE_ACC OPEN_ACC CLOSE_ACC FETCH_ACC LOCK_ACC CALL_ACC
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Allow system symbols in started task parameters

Please allow system symbols in all parameters for the decision support started tasks.
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Please add TIME_RES lookup tables to more IDSZ components

Please add TIME_RES lookup tables to more IDSZ components. Currently there are only two TIME_RES tables for CP (CP_TIME_RES) and MVSPM (MVSPM_TIME_RES) components and we are looking this feature for all components
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Future consideration

Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc

Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc.We are currently using table MVSPM_DEVICE_H to retrieve DASD usage and response data. The data has one record per DASD device. A key metric for us is to have response and...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

TDS SMF105

It would be really nice if TDS included SMF105. TDS is a powerful performance reporting tool, which customers have used to improve their reporting capabilities. SMF105 is important for customer with GDPS/GM environments.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1

Please add LIKE & IN predicates to WHERE

Please add support for the IN and LIKE predicates to the WHERE clause of update definitions to simplify the code.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration