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IBM Z NetView

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Add 'UP' WTO message to NetView TSO Server

Having an 'UP' (initialization complete) WTO message should in theory ensure the NetView TSO Server application is fully functional. As a WTO, it would also provide for efficient automated monitoring. Using IEF403I tells one nothing other than the...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Optional Source IP Address for TESTPORT

Customers like Lockheed Martin/CMS use TESTPORT and like it but need to specify an optional sourve VIPA or source IP address in order for TESTPORT to reach the target socket/port. Right now TESTPORT takes the main IP address of the associated stac...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Suspend & resume timers from Netview commands

Using SETTIMER panel, we suspend & resume timers during DR excercise. But since there are many timers sometimes it's a tedious job. To facilitate the same via script, there seems to be no option to suspend & resume timer via commands. Only...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Canzlog Print - Need additional Option for easy use

For CANZLOG is a new PRINT option via APAR available. That was great !But after my first try to use it on the simplest way ... I failed. In our company the CANZLOG was not used only by automation admins which have know how about filters and the ma...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

NetView IPTRACE Analyze Function Needs a PF8

NetView IPTRACE Analyze Function Needs a PF8 Scroll Forward Key. NetView's IPTRACE Analyze Function is good but to get to the next trace record the user needs to back out, select the next trace record and hit ANALYZE again.This is cumbersome when ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Ability to use thePREFIX paramenter when using JOBNAME on an UPON statement in an MRT

You cannot use the PREFIX parameter when using JOBNAME on the UPON statement in an MRT. The alternative is to code this using the OTHERMSG statement but this is not as efficient.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Enhance NV WINDOW command to return selected data back to caller

Hi NV development, Please enhance NV WINDOW/CNME1505 to return user selected data on the screen back to the caller either in a task global variable or other means. We do not want to develop a VIEW panel for every Exec we write. We would like to le...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

CMDMON - Show Actual Parent Command issuing command

Have the CMDMON DISPLAY command show the actual REXX procedure that issued the command and not the REXX procedure that started the chain.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

Prevent errors with PIPE CZR if CANZLOG data is not available

Prevent message errors if reading CANZLOG data via the PIPE CZR command when part of the time frame is not available.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

NetView : allow NETVONLY=cmdname in MRT

Client requests update of the NETVONLY function in MRT message revision table, to allow NETVONLY=cmdname, same as it functions today for CRT command revision table. Reason for this request is there may be compare/evaluation methods used in the MRT...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

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