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Support of edit function for character code in PCOMM product

IBM Personal communication (PCOMM) is the product to translate the character code between Windows and Mainframe.We would like to use an external character except on Mainframe (z/OS), but PCOMM are required for some IBM CCSID code and can NOT trans...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

For Fault Analyzer: Secure FA id at all published IDI0066I messages

We use FA id to get full information about CICS abends to secure action being provided. We monitor IDI0002I/3I and IDI0066I messages and at some lack of FA id for IDI0066I we are not able to get a reference for every abend to get the full picture ...
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

z/TPF TCP/IP Keepalives flooding the network

Today on a system we have 125,000 socket blocks defined, and we are reaching a peak of 90,000 active sockets through the day. We run with Keepalive active so we can ensure they are still valid, and currently have the TCPALIVE interval set to 360 s...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Support FAST receiver channels (avoid MQ bridge)

The current z/TPF receiver channel support for FAST channels forces all non-persistent messages into the MQ ROUTC Bridge code. We are requesting a change to make the FAST channel option on z/TPF the same as on other platforms in that it will place...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

E3270UI Option To Display Time Duration Fields In HH:MM:SS Format.

Certain fields containing time duration information can only be displayed as integers. These fields are defined as "TYPE=I,4". The customer cannot override the Workspace display with "columnname(TIME)" or "columnname(NONE)". The information would ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Monitor and report on number of requests queued to the command and message processing service thread ( DFSCMTI0 )

Monitor and report on number of requests queued to the command and message processing service thread ( DFSCMTI0 ). We would like WTOs at thresholds (either IBM provided or user provided) that could be picked up and acted on by an automation product.
almost 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Allow HLASM to run on an x86 Linux server

Currently the HLASM build only works on a Linux system running on a zSeries mainframe, this restriction means we must purchase an IFL and mainframe storage to run just one Linux server, a TPF Toolkit guest.This IFL runs on the same hardware as our...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration

sigon exit before signon is complete

Provide a way before signing on a user to allow for verification that the user can use the userid being signed on. Also disconnect users from their sessions if they have PF3ed out of the signon process - i.e. force them to sign on. Can we provide ...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Improve FIND and FIND NEXT commands for source finds for the Debug Tool GUI

Customer has asked we add similar functions as found in the ISPF FIND command in the program source window. Specifically they requested:FIND using column boundaries (FIND JOE 1 10)FIND text PREV or NEXTFIND text WORD or PREFIX or SUFFIX
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Déplacement d'une structure de données

RPP V9.1 ? D?placement d'une structure de donn?esM?me comportement que pour les rubriques (erreur lors du d?placement)Les segments ne sont pas d?plac?s avec la structure de donn?es
almost 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 6 Not under consideration