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zIIP the Open Enterprise Foundation tools

The new IBM Open Enterprise Foundation (OEF) for z/OS tools (git, grep, ...) are a great addition to z/OS. What would make them even better would be to zIIP enable them for the same reasons that other products are zIIP enabled. Please consider zII...
6 days ago in Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

Host code-page 838Thai with Windows regional format as English

Users will get more benefit if PCOMM can support 838Thai with Windows regional format as English because users will not manually switch regional format between English and Thai when they use Microsoft Excel.
6 days ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 0 Submitted

Include additional open-source tools for System Administration/Automation, CI/CD Pipelines and Development.

Enhance development ease of use, expand system administration/automation capabilities and continue to transfer Linux skills to the z/OS platform. A suggestion for the next set of tools to add: System Admin: sudo, gpg, openssl CI/CD: groovy/gradle,...
2 days ago in Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

ZTPLF allow assignment category

This eases the removal of numerous local mods we have regarding management of VTS tape categories. ZTPLF FILL and ZTPLF LOAD commands require a tape category to obtain a tape (in this case scratch tapes). I would these commands to optionally accep...
2 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Submitted

Enable File manager in IDZ to work with MFA enabled

IDZ is unable to use file manager to copy files between sysplex /lpars when MFA is enabled. See Sev2 Case TS016140826 for additional info.
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 0 Submitted

Enable the Open Enterprise Foundation (OEF) ported tools to be zIIP Enabled

Please consider enabling all of the ported tools included with the Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS to be zIIP capable. This will encourage their use while providing greater capabilities for the OEF customers.
3 days ago in Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add OpenSSL port for z/OS to Open Enterprise Foundation

We used to have through the IBM ported tools which are no longer available. Afterwards it was included in the IDz product, the FMID included a target path with Rocket tools. But since some PTFs ago OpenSSL is no longer included. Currently there is...
3 days ago in Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 1 Submitted

ETT Trigger Feature

A lot of different companies I´ve talked with have problems with excessive ETT Triggering where there are so many triggers you go over the length of your current plan. I think it would be very appreciated to have some new kind of ETT triggering fe...
13 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

The ability to call an OSGI Java Program from z/OS Connect

it would be great to be able to make a API using OSGI through CICS instead of having to set up a middle man PL/I or COBOL program to make this call. There are a lot of use cases, PassTickets being one of them, that work better in Java but in order...
3 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

Increase the number of available Application Symbols (SUBSSYMBOLn/SUBPSYMBOLn), similar to System Automation Symbols (AOCCLONEx)

Both simple and complex environments can be managed more easily through symbol substitution. With additional Application Symbols, a more tailored approach to automation management can be achieved, reducing administration efforts through reusable d...
16 days ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Submitted

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