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Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) should use RACF EJBROLE to associated roles with a userid when the DWC running under z/OS (zliberty)

Currently DWC uses an internal DB2 database to associate roles with userids, and it allows RACF userids and passwords to be used at logon time but when assigning a role to the userid it depends on information in an internal database rather than ge...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Sample using C++ Foundation Classes with Containers

I could not find a sample using C++ Foundation Classes for CICS using container.I really need a sample code using containers
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to define WS that are able to submit even with JOBSUBMIT(NO)

We migrated from IBM AF/Operator to IBM System Automation. A lot of stuff from AFOP was implemented into SAz with IWSz/TWS integration. We use WS in TWS for SAz with Automation=Yes, the Domain Workstations and separate WS for normal jobs that are ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - ON EXCEPTION clause for SET procedure-function-pointer TO ENTRY entry-point

To avoid an abend at runtime, the instruction "SET procedure-or-function-pointer TO ENTRY entry-point" should have an "ON EXCEPTION" clause, as is the case for the instruction "CALL".The instruction "SET TO ENTRY" causes a loading of the program w...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

KFASD100/101 Messages for Agents - SDA Install started/completed as WTO

Self-Describing Agent Messages from OMEGAMON Agents (Netview, System Automation, Networks, Java, Catalog Management, HSM Audit, HSM Report, ...) are not written to SYSLOG with WTO but only to RKLVLOG. We need such KRAA002 Messages like KFASD100/10...
about 6 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Future consideration

CICS DEBUG CADP - NO WAY TO DELETE DEFUNCT USER PROFILES

When using CICS Debug CADP profiles - there is no way to delete profiles which belong to defunct userids (similar to the DTCD transaction that is provided for the DTCN type profiles). We have over 100 CADP profiles defined and need to clean-up our...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

reevalute system for APGs with "prepare move" and same preference values

Our company is using z System Automation to run the z environment.If you are using the availability feature "Prepare Move" and have same preference values defined you may consider application outages until the operator detects that situation and i...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Update TSQ API to allow a distinction between TS MAIN vs. pooled queues

We ran into an issue with CICS regions having TSQ's with the same name in both TS MAIN and in the TSQ shared pools. This introduced all kinds of challenges where for example we look at the last used interval on the pooled queue, and then want to i...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add a way to stop queueing for STOPed transactions (for transaction switching)

When a transactions is STOPped, if you try to call one directly (from a terminal ou from IMS Connect), your requested will be rejected and the request will not queue. But if you make the call to the STOPped transaction from another transaction usi...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

For CHNG calls during OTMA transactions processing, used a cached ACEE

When OTMA transactions with OTMASEC=FULL make a CHNG call to another transaction, IMS creates a new ACEE in the MPP. There is already an ACEE for the USERID of the transactions in the IMS Control Region. IMS should use that existing cached ACEE (o...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

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