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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

Allow passtickets to be used on JDBC connection to Db2 for z/OS

Currently, Spark only allows a password to be used for a JDBC connection. Allowing the use of a passticket on the connection improves security (no need to store or send passwords) and improves the manageability of a customers environment. This cou...
26 days ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 0 Submitted

Enable Data Virtualization Manager (DVM) capabilities on zCEE OAS3

Under OAS2, zCEE and DVM are able to communicate via WOLA… whenever the connection is established between the two of them, applicable DVM services are installed in and available to zCEE (but only for the duration of the zCEE instance). In addition...
27 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Add an option to use IBGENER to copy files using DCP

To use IBGENER to copy some files that is having problem using the regular DCP command, good example is the SYSDEBUG/SIDEFILE output from PLI or Cobol compiler to use with File Manager or Debugger.
4 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

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

Simplified mechanism for surfacing GDPS operational alerts

There are 100's or more of Warning and Error level messages that GDPS will display based on ecosystem issues. Not every message needs immediate vs delayed attention. We would like to see an easily customizable mechanism for selectively surfacing “...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

Adding ability of Key Mapping to Remote Connection Emulator

Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) is replacing Host Connection Emulator (HCE) from IDz 16 and onwards. In the old HCE we had the ability of mapping any key (or combination of keys) in the keyboard to any command. In the new RCE - key mapping is res...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

Avoiding error message "IOS000I EOD" for File Manager TLB function.

System:z/OS which uses File Manager TLB function. Actor: File Manager TLB function is used for checking Tape Label information. Description: File Manager TLB function outputs tape label information, the VOLSER, dataset name, etc... But if the tape...
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Possibility to disable automatic "PU config on" by GDPS when CBU is active at IPL

Any z/OS system that is IPLed after the CBU, CPE, BOOST, or OOCoD activate will automatically have the PUs configured online during GDPS initialization in that system. This is not always a wanted configuration. For example, when Dev/Test system ar...
11 months ago in GDPS 8 Planned for future release

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...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Functionality already exists