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DFS2291I: include IMSID in the SHORT message

Change the LONG form of DFS2291I lock timeout message to be a multi-line WTO, to make it easier for Automation products to extract the necessary data from the individual messages, in order to take action such as cancel the top lock blocker. At pre...
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

CREATE A NEW CPSM USERID/SIGNON AFFINITY TYPE.

We found that affinity USERID/SIGNON in a trangroup has a limitation: if an AOR fails and has to be restarted, this type of affinity will not allow the signed on user to route another transaction to the this AOR.'EYUWR003W -The affinity AOR APPLID...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

It would be helpful to set an automation symbol instead of a "=" or the system name in the Supporting Resource of the APLs in the policy

We have an APL (IE01FD1) that has a Supporting Resource (IE01CTL). Since the Supporting Resource runs on different systems (X21, Y21 and Z21), we must define the APL three times (IE01FD1_PLEXX, IE01FD1_PLEXY and IE01FD1_PLEXZ) and in it the Resour...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Global settings for useBearerScheme="false" in server.xml

It can only update one config and effectuate to all zosconnect_authToken elements. The risk for the change would be smaller and it would benefit to both application and support teams.
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Code Review for C

We noticed that code review for C and C++ code is available in Rational developer for AIX and Linux, is it possible to include it on IdZ?
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Unable AAM to remove its hooks after a clean startup

After starting AAM if the need arises to return to the previous product a system IPL is necessary to clean up AAM system intercepts. When deploying AAM in a production environment it may not become apparent that AAM needs to be backed out until th...
over 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Workspace with an enterprise overview about the current status for each CPC RMF DDS CPC report

We need a workspace that shows the current RTEMS selected for each CPC's RMF DDS CPC report retrieval. With that overview it would be easier to anaylse communication issues and prevent switching on the PlexView agent tracing to provide a friendly ...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Payload string values that are too long cause Web Service and API runtime errors

CICS requires a maximum length to be specified (implicitly or explicitly) for all string fields in Web Services and APIs. However, interfacing systems often don't have max length restrictions on strings (especially if they are not mainframe-based ...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

ADDI - Automatically provide Project list aftert startup

When starting AD the Project List is empty. Users manually need to provision the list of Projects each time AD is started.This seems a pointless action since all the connection information is present in the IDE. We would like to see the project li...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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