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Z Development and Test Environment

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ZD&T v12.0.1 - Dynamic change within DevMap

Hot Plug additional volume (1 volume = 8GB —current it is preallocate)
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

zDT - Allow ADCD install to custom path

Allow the location of zOS volumes to be recognized in Tools installed in a custom path. Currently requires the path to be /home/ibmsys1/zDT/adcd. The entire path and specifically adcd directory should be able to user defined, not hard-code and req...
almost 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Remove requirement for compile before moving modules from zD&T to production

Currently the zD&T license agreement specifies that a final compile (build) must be done on the actual z System prior to putting a module in to the Production environment. We want the ability to move load modules from our dev/test environments...
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Speedup the release of license after stopping a ZD&T instance

zD&T License server release license too slow when an instance is stopped.Shutdown takes approx,. 1 min, 20 secs. After the shutdown it takes more than 6 minutes before the license are released. In total almost 8 minutes.This could lead to that...
5 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Planned for future release

Include 3270port in the devmap file

Since ZVDT allows for multiple instances running on the same Linux on Z LPAR, the default 3270port entry was removed, as multiple instances would be unable to share the same port.However, having the port is critical when debugging IPL related issu...
10 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

ZD&T Fixed/Term License Renewals are not clearly visible in LKC, nor are the licenses available until the day after the current/existing licenses expire.

The problems: 1) The renewal Sales Order shows in LKC, but simply says “No licenses available for this Order” with no indication that this will ever change. 2) There is guaranteed ZD&T License outage which will vary depending on the customer l...
12 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

zD&T Webserver enhancement - Add a feature to capture a list of reply commands

The IPL of our LPAR copy require a manual intervention (through the console) to issue reply commands in order to complete the IPL successfully. Can there be an option in the zD&T Webserver to configure each Image with the option to capture cus...
over 1 year ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

Remove 32bit licinsing executables

The security department has marked the 32bit components of the licensing component on a zd&t target as a security risk. We need to be able to choose not to install these components. Files in /opt/safenet_sentinel/common_files/sentinel_keys_se...
almost 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

MFA-Support for z/OS Extraction utilities

We are migrated to MFA on our Mainframe and cannot use z/OS Extraction utilities! So please enhance zD&T to support MFA for connection to the mainframe.
almost 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Provide new ADCD RSU (PTFs) monthly maintenance

ADCD provided with ZPDT (for partners) has RSU maintenance (i think a monthly maintenance). The installation of this maintenance is responsibility of the customer. The ADCD provided with ZDT is different to the ADCD provided with ZPDT, but i think...
about 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Not under consideration

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