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ZOAU zIIP eligibility

We're using Python on Z and ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core with zoau under the hood for increasingly large portions of our z/OS CI workload.While Python, in which ibm_zos_core written, is zIIP eligible, we suspect that zoau's modules are not (ou...
8 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

z/OS Connect Designer support on ARM processors

In the Designer documentation (e.g. Create and edit an IBM z/OS Connect API project with Docker Desktop) it is referred to that it can be used on Mac systems, but however, when trying to download the image, this isn't available: jmfernandezp@Josem...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 0 Under review

GDPS dual legs 3 sites Metro Mirror extended to be 4 sites so as to attain HA in the DR data center as is in the Production data center

This extension will allow the regular swap between Production and DR data centers because both will have HA. Regular swaps and long stays in the DR center are supposed to be a requirement of DORA
7 months ago in GDPS 14 Not under consideration

Maintain Global Information for IMS Programs

Please add support to maintain IMS program global status in RM, similar to the current support for transactions, databases and database areas, GSTSTRAN, GSTSDB and GSTSAREA. Support for programs with GSTSPGM would allow stopping and starting progr...
3 months ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Future consideration

Support multiple callouts in the same interaction when using IMS Transaction Orchestration

IMS Transaction Orchestration enable IMS transactions to make callouts asynchronously while the original IMS client is kept waiting. But only one callout can be made in one interaction. We use IMS Transaction Orchestration to enable IMS applicatio...
4 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Submitted

Add the support for UNIX Product Suites

It's useful because the Customer have some software with USS component and the Product don't perform correctly all the components
4 days ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Submitted

Cross debugging

There are some scenarios where the user who is intended to debug some program isn't the one who submits the JCL. Among other situations, this happens when the job is launched from ControlM. In this case, the principal is a service user instead of ...
about 2 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ZOAU interface with SDSF

Just as with REXX one can use the SDSF REXX API to access any/all information from SDSF so should ZOAU be able to do the same. There is so much information available via SDSF that could be useful to the ZOAU user.
11 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

Add High Water Mark indicator of a Storage Group or a Volume in ZPCA tables

High Water Mark indicator will be useful for our stockage team to find out if a Storage Group or a Volume is big enough.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Support HTTPS Connection Between SMU and TEPS

SMU should use HTTPS/port 15201 instead of HTTP/port 15200 for connections to the TEPS.
about 1 month ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Submitted

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