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Screen size in the Remote Connection Emulator

In the new IDz ver 16, you cannot have a screen size of 62x160 in the Remote Connection Emulator. This is something we use and would be great to have.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Functionality already exists

RFE to make RTIMOUT attribute in PROFILE definition DYNAMIC

Change the RTIMOUT attribute within the PROFILE definition to be dynamic, so CICS Administrators can quickly update it to react to changing conditions in the network.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Option to download list / Summary of all programs in impact analysis report.

Currently Impact analysis report option, search in files option gives the list of programs in CSV format where the program name is embedded with the complete path of the program. Instead would like to see the list of programs/modules impacted whic...
6 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Program flow can eliminate EXIT para which doesn't have any code statement.

This will reduce cluttering of program flow by removing unwanted EXIT para in program flow. Dont show EXIT para which doesnt have any code in it except EXIT statement.
6 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

TLS 1.3 support for TN3270 SSL clients

As per security counsel and standard its recommended to have TLS 1.3 protocol support for the TN3270 TLS console sessions.
over 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 6 Planned for future release

Config to limit Thread or Connection usage at API/URL level

We have had multiple high severity incidents where degradation of one service for reasons such as latency, looping, database contentions, deadlocks etc ends up quickly (in matter of seconds) exhausting all available threads within z/OS Connect the...
6 months ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Dedicated ISPF Client Gateway configuration for DBB

Today, DBB's API for TSOExec and ISPFExec use the default system wide ISPF Client Gateway configuration. When the build framework has specific requirements on the configuration, such as the Db2 library on the STEPLIB or using the interactive gatew...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Not under consideration

LCP SGC support in MGM3SITE in RECOVERY region

When we are in failover state where production runs from recovery region, we can't take any LCP captures. We would like the ability to use GDPS/LCP to take a SGC capture in MGM 3-SITE topology when the production is failed over in the Recovery reg...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 6 Planned for future release

GDPS GEOPARM CONFIG

We have an Environment where is a Bi-Direction Global Mirror with one Global Mirror being Active, This Allows us to Failover and then Failback for Siteswap. The GEOPARM in the Reverse Direction could not be validated currently as there is active R...
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 8 Planned for future release

New action type for CICS policies

Requesting a new action type for CICS policies: The ability to fail a CICS API request with a RESP/RESP2 code that indicates "REQUEST DENIED BY POLICY"
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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