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Do a Logical Or on the target of an Execute instruction

When analysis uses the in-storage copy of the Execute target, it usually only displays the first byte of the operand and sometimes displays the wrong operand entirely. When the Ex target is an SS instruction then the length can only be determined ...
9 days ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Programmatically Update Monitor INTERVAL Start via AUTLCP1

There is no way currently to accurately set the timer on an ad hoc basis. Essentially the timer starts when the Interval value is updated or when a master switch occurs. In our use case, we have set up alerts for Partial Captures via GEO2976I, but...
15 days ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

WAPL | Apply FILTER-Function to OBJECTs and SAVELISTs in LIST or SELECT Statements

The Filter function can be applied to the output of any List or Select statement. It will post-process the output and filter it only in the output DD-Statements when they are actually written (after processing the input WAPL Script) for the applie...
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Under review

User fields at occurrence level

Currently we have a PIF interface to add occurrences to the current plan. We need to pass variables to a job/operation that are up to 500 bytes long (for non-zos environment). The variables have to be available to all operations in the occurrence....
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Be able to use ZIIP feature with Log Data Manager.

IZPCA Log Data Manager feature is an ISPF/TSO application which needs to be coded in a special way in order to allow the caller environment to use Ziip processors. To avoid this inconvenience BATCH environment calling DRLPLC should be used instead...
7 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Improve dynamic scheduling, with scenarios driven by unplanned workload

Dynamic scheduling is increasing and unplanned applications cover a big piece of daily workload.Following scenario is currently supported in IBM Z Workload Scheduler. A job in an application has an external predecessor, defined using a relative in...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Integrate ZOAU into the z/OS base

ZOAU has become the go to toolset on z/OS for some shops but it is still not something an ISV, or open-source developer, can use as there is no guarantee that every installation will have it. By integrating it into the z/OS base so it is installed...
3 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Future consideration

Improve DTCNDELETEDEADPROF to delete only unused profiles for a specific period

Enabling DTCNDELETEDEADPROF parameter causes to delete all profiles after logoff of the user. Unfortunately, debugger users should redefine deleted profiles at their next logon. A new parameter so to delete only DTCN profiles that have not been us...
2 months ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

TESTing INGAMS refresh processing

It would be really helpful to have a way to TEST the INGAMS REFRESH processing without actually performing the policy refresh, after a policy build has been completed. It will help prevent surprises during change window when we perform the actual ...
3 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Under review

Add parameters SYSTEMS to VPCEQURY on the G-Sys (GDPS GM)

We are in the middle of exploiting LCP. Every evening we perform an automatic IPL of the CVE (Cybervault Verification Environment) from the flashcopy devices to see if the data is readable and there are no issues. Before we start we want to check ...
3 months ago in GDPS 2 Future consideration

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