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to add the utilities ICETOOL

datasets used in PROCS that aren't displayed, and they aren't picked because the specific utilities are not being handled in ADDI.

Integration of informations about the Boost Class, Speed & zIIP Boost in table KPMZ_LPAR_T

Integrate three columns in tables KPMZ_LPAR_T from SMF70FLA to specify the Boost Class and if Speed or zIIP Boost is active during the current interval : BOOST_CLASS ==> IPL / SHUTDOWN / RECOVERY (From SMF70FLA Bits 13 - 15) 001: IPL 010: Shutd...
3 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Monitoring CTG XA Limit

We want to know the current number of inflight XA transactions and total number of XA requests processed for XA transactions. The peak number of XA transactions inflight at the same time. For an alert to be issued when you reach an 80% of your max...
10 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS 0 Under review

Create a table that presents the value of MSUs consumed exactly equal to field N7 of the SCRT

Field N7 of the SCRT presents the number of MSUs consumed per LPAR that will be paid to IBM under the TFP contract. In order to better price products and anticipate the amount to be paid, we need to know the quantity of MSUs consumed to carry out ...
29 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Submitted

Umbrella data as an additional column in CICS Task History Summary

Kyndryl Support Sagent Lending client and they need these features to support their LoanServ application / clients
6 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 0 Under review

CUZCLOUD active task queue persistence across restart.

In case of a restart of the CUZCLOUD STC the active task queue is cleared. This doesn't permit to close safely the STC in case of planned outage of one of its components (z/OS, network, storage, HW) or unplanned events. At the restart of the STC w...
14 days ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Submitted

Full support of SMF102 data

CDP / ZLDA only supports a limited subset of SMF102 records. At a minimum, IFCID 145 and IFCID 142 are required; ideally all of the fields within SMF102 are needed. The customer has chosen Splunk as a strategic platform for enterprise log analysis...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

TAGGING File Refresh using CEMT

In Current Scenario , After Implementing CICSTAG.yaml CICS tagging file , there is 2 option . 1- Recycle the CICS region 2- Login to CICS region and issue CECI SET TAGS REFRESH In my firm we have 500+ CICS region running in one Lpar, and we will n...
about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

Common Extract Format for CSD, Bundles, and BAS

Provide a common extract format for CICS resource definitions, so that we can write internal audit and resource checks against the definitions, regardless of their source. The intent is to read all resources that have been staged so that we can pr...
8 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

Add a control option to skip failed elements to DFS3ID00 (zDDL Utility)

For users who are using managed ACB, DFS3UACB(/DFS3PU00) handles failed elements like this: It issues "DFS4470E GSAM DBD DRZ0030 NOT IN DBDLIB. BLDL RC = 4. DBD AND REFERENCING PSBS WERE NOT ADDED TO THE CATALOG." and continues processing the rema...
2 months ago in IMS Database Manager / All components 0 Under review