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ZDT Webtools server Export/Import Images

We request a new enhancement :Ability to export an image localized on a Webtool Server (web1) to another WebTool Server( WEB2).This request is motivated by : - The need to secure our images on multiple Server.- Several problem encounters during mi...
about 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Open Declaration (F3) für Db2 objects

After selecting a Db2-object and choosing "Open Declaration" from the context menu or hitting F3, the edit location should move to the declaration of the Db2-object in the Cobol-source. (Analogous to F3 when positioned on a variable)
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

RMF CPC Report Retrieval Reliabilty Improvements

To obtain CPC-level metrics for all LPARs running on a CPC the OMEGAMON PlexView agent KM5PDAG issues a system level query that drives a system level agent (KM5LDAG) on an RTEMS selected from an internally built list of all M5 RTEMSs running on th...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Improve ability to define structures with power-of-2 size

When writing assembler code, it is often desirable or even necessary to define a structure with a length that is an integral power of 2. Reasons for such might be to avoid crossing a cache-line boundary; to be able to allocate an array of structur...
almost 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

Produce message for C:D waiting excessive amont of time for dataset allocation request

All Connect:Direct copy step will fail when it is waiting for a dataset allocation request to complete. This mostly will happen if dataset is migrated or is resided on tape. Produce a message for a specific process/dataset if allocation request ha...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Restore a file from Shared File System backup into SFS without creating the entire directory structure of the user.

When a file from a Shared File System is restored, the entire directory structure from the original user filespace is created, even when just one file is restored. After the restore all these obsolete directories have to be removed again. Especial...
over 1 year ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

GDPS Design Council and the z/OS Container Council to transform the GDPS Control LPARs to either a Secure Services Container

Many larger customers and even smaller customers have more GDPS control LPARs than they have actual z/OS application LPARs. (AmEx – 20 GDPS LPARs for Global Mirror). The amount of control LPARs then have be kept current with z/OS maintenance, secu...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration

AD Build Client settings to connect with DB2 using SSL/TLS Certificate

Client needs AD to support a secure connection with the DB2 database using a certificate/key file. Client also requires a centralized certificate configuration
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Programmatic prerequisite/configuration checker for Application Discovery Server machines

Paraphrasing colleague Roberto C after a recent issue where a WinSrv 2012 R2 machine didn't have certain Windows patches and didn't have Visual C++ components that were apparently required by Application Discovery Build's installation program for ...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Allow functions to be applied to the Request and Response mappings of APIs

Extend the mapping capability provided in the API Toolkit for APIs to include functions. I have included some examples below in the use case section, but the mapping capability within API Toolkit should ideally be aligned to that provided by API C...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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