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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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Provide Execute command for WTO workstations

There's no way to start an operation on a WTO workstation if submit is deactivated. Other operations (CPU-jobs) could be started using the Execute command. So we need a similar solution for WTO operations.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

DYNAMICDEL(YES) should be default and warning message needed if EQQCXDS is too large

As mentioned in the Customization Guide under the DYNAMICDEL parameter:Note: It is strongly recommended that DYNAMICDEL(YES) be specified by all users who use significantly the dynamic addition of special resources. If the records dynamically adde...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

ServiceNow integration for IZWS

Today we have our Mainframe and DWC installed next to it. We would like to create some automatic incidents on ServiceNow by using ‘’events’’ on DWC through API on the Mainframe.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

Update EQQPIFJC to support Cobol 6

Please can you upgrade module EQQPIFJC to support COBOL 6 in SYS1.SEQQSAMP.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

Reduce vulnerabilities with TCPIP connections by providing RACF Keyring support.

There is a risk that exploitation of TCP/IP connection vulnerabilities by a malicious actor could lead to the loss of Customer data and potentially service outage. All IzWS access would need to be reviewed which could lead to access being remov...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

The limit of CPLREC12 record

ZWS has CPLREC12 record in CP.The record is written all external successor ADs each operation of an CP occurrence in DP batch and MCP process.The record is only used to resolve external successor dependencies in MCP process. This record has up to ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

EQQN131W no longer needed in recent releases of IzWS

Warning messages EQQN131W THE UNIT OF MEASURE FOR THE MAXJSFILE PARAMETER HAS CHANGED FROM KILOBYTES TO MEGABYTES concerns the change introduced in TWS 8.6.0. Currently supported IzWS releases don't support migration from releases from before TWS ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

DWC Self service dashboard for z/OS engine

We need support for self service dashboard for z/OS engine. If a z/OS engine is selected, we cannot enter any selection criteria. If all engines are selected and a filter for jobname is specified, the filter is not honored, and all jobs are displa...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

TWS zOS SEQQSAMP JCL samples have incorrect or obsolete REGION size

Many of the sample JCL members in SEQQSAMP (for example EQQPCS05) specify REGION SIZES that are obsolete or too small. Most if not all of these REGION sizes should just be changed to unlimited (REGION=0M)
over 9 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

DBRANT script needs to grant both DELETE and SELECT authority

The userid which runs the batch archival job to update the DB2 history database (which can be either on z/OS DB2 or DB2 UDB) needs to have both DELETE and SELECT authority to the tables since the first thing done in the table updates is to DELETE ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

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