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IMS ORF to fix Pointer Errors with Multi Databases that are Logically Related.

Regarding the use of IMS ORF. While The 3 databases were having Pointer errors, The ORF completed the reorganization of the 3 logically related databases. CC=0000. Prefixes were resolved and updated. However, After ORF ran successfully, the Pointe...
about 1 month ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Support for type when syncronizing configuration members

When using ADDI ADDI syncronization feature its possible to add Configuration/IMST_PGM as Virtual Folder/Type but when it's added to build client it's always added with default type CSD. This means that every member added thru syncronization featu...

Zookeeper ACL is requested for security reasons

Security scans have discovered that the ADDI-Server has a securtity vulnerabilty: Apache Zookeeper Common/Default Nodes Accessible Without ACL port 2181/tcp. Apache ZooKeeper is essentially a centralized service for distributed systems to a hierar...
about 1 month ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboard login with smartcard/client certificate(CAC)

Hi,Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence version 6.1.3 introduced authentication possibility in Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboards. But it's implemented today through ldap userid/pw. Passwords are not recommended way fo...

Enable File Manager in VS Code

Mainframe developers sometimes need to use File Manager. More and more, they are using VS Code for day-to-day work. It would sure be nice to have an extension in VS Code for File Manager, not least so that you can look at messages in and definitio...
9 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0

In a GDPS MGM TOPOLOGY the KG/KR analyzes if the tertiary disks are ONLINE by any system, before accepting the GDASD START SECONDARY RESTART command.

After a recovery simulation test on the B.RS1 disks (tertiary disk in Region B), we had problems in the synchronization process of the GM copy (GDASD START SECONDARY RESTART command) when having some disks ONLINE from an emergency system (it was u...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 9 Future consideration

Support $ as first Charakter for variables when using WAPL

According to this: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/z-workload-scheduler-101-extends-orchestration-capabilities-managed-file-transfer-enhances-operational-experience-ai-streamlines-workflows-definition-renewed-workload-designer?region=US ...
11 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Support of SMF105 GDPS Global Mirror

I see that PH57707 has been created for support of SMF105 in TDS, would it be possible to do the same for CDP (HBORS105/HBOUS105) and also create a datastream for it.
6 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Planned for future release

Option to prevent inadvertent use of LINKAGE-SECTION data items prior to establishing addressability

In a COBOL program, the LINKAGE SECTION is used to describe data structures that are made available to this program from another program or method. Addressability to these data structures are established in a variety of ways, such as via reference...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 9 Future consideration

Add to Cics policies the ability to include or exclude specific transaction names.

We need to specify Cics policies to cancel transactions that exceed a specific response time, excluding some long-running ones or those with another allowed threshold. For example, all A* transactions can last for 5 seconds at most, except for ABC...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 0 Under review