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upload temp. asymmetric configuration in a Dual Leg config, to migrate one secondary DS8000 at a time

We currently have 3 DSS pairs GDPS METRO HS). We need to life cycle one pair and for this we would like to use for the time of migration the MTM3side solution.All primary DSS are in Channelsubset 0 and the seconndary DSS are in Channelsubset 2! Th...
about 3 years ago in GDPS 10 Planned for future release

z/OS Connect should provide appropriate HTTP error codes on errors within z/OS Connect or backend systems

Since a short time it is now possible to define HTTP return codes in z/OS Connect depending on codes the application sends back its response message, but in error Scenarios z/OS Connect still doesn't provide an appropriate HTTP error code. Instead...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 7 Not under consideration

Allow API/SAR Deployment to specified Folder Location

Related to RFE 112082, We envision the Eclipse API toolkit having a pop-up providing an option to specify a location when doing a deploy. It is important that our application developers for each of our lines of business to choose their separate LO...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

Provide Capability to Write to SYSLOG

ZOAU would benefit from providing a standard mechanism to write a message to the z/OS system log. In automated processes, it is often imperative to indicate progress or the motivation for the process or even indicate that a process is taking place...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

COBOL: Catch use of wrong index

Case: TS006008227Summary: The COBOL compiler should warn when the wrong index is used Details: In COBOL the data division INDEXED BY phrase is used to associate an index with a table. “A table without an INDEXED BY phrase can be referred to throug...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

enable wildcards in policy condition values

We would like the ability to use wildcard characters within a policy condition for example: <conditions> <header name="imstran" value="TRAN%A" /> </conditions> Where % is a single character wild card. This would be beneficial for...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Allow ISPF SPOC to use max screen width instead of 80 char

Allow ISPF SPOC to utilize the entire width of a user's screen instead of being limited to 80 characters. Current 3270 emulators can even go as high as 160 chars width. Based on some testing that we did, it seems to be a simple enough change (from...
over 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

MainView Support for Instana on Z

My client is using MainView for resource monitoring in their IBM Z systems, instead of Omegamon. Lack of integration between MainView and Instana on Z is blocker of deploy for Instana on Z at Halkbank.
6 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Not under consideration

Vertical display of Program Control Flow diagram

Hello IBM, I'd like to display the result of the Program Control Flow vertically from top to bottom because this is more usable for exports in other documents and it saves space. (long section names steal place in a horizontal display). Thx Michael
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Endpoint Descriptor - New Connection Error Threshold Element

Allow customer-specific settings to define at what point (counter) errors experienced during the endpoint descriptor processing will force an automated system undeploy of the failing endpoint descriptor.
3 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration