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CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS

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Ability to extract packages from an export file into another file via a batch interface

We require the ability to transport resource definitions between geographically dispersed sysplexes and to apply transformation rules in the process. This need means we will have to migrate through an export file.Since the export file will be used...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Cross-configuration, cross-sysplex reporting

The various reporting functions, especially those that generate comparison reports, should have the ability to create reports that span configurations, servers, and even sysplexes. For example it should be possible to generate a comparison report ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance LIMIT parm in the CM report

When we ran CM report job(CCVBMAIN), the region went SOS. We then added the LIMIT parm but it only work if we have less number of CM records. Need a solution that CM should manage the CICS region memory and total number of CM records and finally g...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Restricting Package creator NOT to approve the same package

We want to restrict the creator of the CM package to approve his own package. This is defeating the purpose of approver option.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Single view for all packages(CM) across all sysplexes

Hi,We can only see all the CICS CM packages that are belongs to a single sysplex. But if we have multiple sysplex environments, it become very difficult to go to each sysplex and check for the CICS CM Package to install every day. This gets compli...
over 6 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

INFO/INFO2 codes in Config Manager error messages should be documented

Some messages that the CICS Configuration Manager product produces contain codes, referred to as INFO and INFO2 codes, that are not documented and require involvement from IBM support before they can be interpreted, understood, and a solution for ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Explorer CM Deployment Analysis Report - Export to excel Functionality

Currently we are able to generate CM Deployment Analysis Report using Explorer Plugin. But unable to download/export the data to excel or other formatted.
about 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Batch CM Deployment Analysis Report - Additional Functionality

The CM Deployment Batch Report needs the below additional functionalities: 1) Create package with duplicate entries to be deleted (Should identify duplicate entries that are not in use only)2) Create an export file which can be used as input into CM
about 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

CICS CM report of defined configs

Provide a CICS CM batch report of all defined configs and associated CSDs.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Associate FTP connection to CICS CM connection

Associate an FTP and/or z/OSMF connection with a CICS Configuration Manager connection to ensure batch jobs generated by the CICS CM views are submitted to the host z/OS where the CICS CM server is running. Current behavior is for the Submit butto...
about 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

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