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Improve CTC WTO option when set to Y

When performing file upload operations CTC WTO messages can be set to Y or N, with N being the default. When set to N the only indication of activity are SMS dataset deallocation messages. When set to Y all history control cards are displayed indu...
about 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Prevent un-necessary Paging Delays when 'freed' CICS storage is reused.

CICS needs to be able to eliminate or reduce the overhead of paging that occurs for pages of private virtual storage that have been released (i.e. EXEC CICS FREEMAINed) to the CICS Storage Manager. Especially costly are Page-Ins from Page Datasets...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect EE multi-tenancy support

We have versioned Cics applications (with application platform context). This means we have one Program name with multiple versions behind: for example: program - version - (Cics operation/entrypoint) - url PROGA - V1.0 - readCustomer - /customer/...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Managed HOD Auto-Launch after Install

Skill Case # TS005393611 Customer has a need to make the Managed HOD application NOT to auto-launch after install.This is because Customer has more people who do NOT use the mainframe than they have users who do use the mainframe, so this applicat...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration

CICS Dynamic Caching

The RFE is for the ability to support dynamic caching in CICS. This was recently discussed at the UK CICS User Group in Manchester and a paper is attached outlining some of the requirements, use cases and outlines how the solution may appear from ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Is there any way to add 43x132 Screen Size feature into HOD?

Currently, the following Screen Size-s available: 24x80, 32x80, 43x80, 27x132, 62x160 We usually use 43x80 to see more lines. But sometimes the 27x132 would be better to see all the messages in eg. system log or log of the subsystems to see every ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Take Vector Registers into account in the Debug Tool's "Registers"-View

I am missing the possibility to view the vector registers when debugging an assembler program in batch using Debug Tool. The "Registers"-View from the "Debug"-Category should make the vector registers available for display and changes in their ful...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Future consideration

TXSeries supports DB2 pureScale on Linux

TXSeries supports DB2 pureScale for AIX platform, but not for Linux.TXSeries for Linux also should support DB2 pureScale for customres who requires high reliability and high performance for mission critical system.
about 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IMS Recovery Expert - needs to work with uncatalogued datasets in IMS control region

This idea originates from IBM case # TS011260089. IBM told me to open an RFE which linked me to create an idea for IMS Recovery Solution Pack. " We had a discussion with our development team, we think it is possible to support not cataloged data s...
over 1 year ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Basic authentication for CICS as a web service requester

For CICS as a web service requester with basic authentication defined in URIMAP, we developed a Global exit to activate at exit point XWBAUTH and supply the userID and password through a sequential file set-up and accessible by security team.Since...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration