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RAVEN Auto Message and Auto Send need mixed case support

The RAVEN commands AUTO MSG <message text> and AUTO SEND ... <command> need to support mixed case text for <message text> and <command> because z/TPF commands such as the file system commands support mixed case.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 3 Not under consideration

Support CICSPlex/SM Application Scopes in CICS explorer

With CICSPlex/SM BAS functionality it is possible to define resources, which will be installed in CICS. And it is also possible to specify an application scope for these resources.<br />In the operations views in the CPSM WUI it is possible ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Leverage VRSX for source dataset management

Tape Optimizer allows for the immediate expiration of source volumes after a successful copy or altering the expiration date to allow for modification of the original retention. When the expiration date is modified it may not have the desired effe...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Tape Optimizer on z/OS 2 Future consideration

Unnecesary Page-ins of CPSM dataspace storage can negatively impact CICS workload

CPSM dataspace storage is never freed back to the operating system. Once a chunk of CPSM dataspace storage is used and released, CPSM puts it on a free chain to be used later. Sometimes this storage remains unused for hours or days. During that pe...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Webservice in RDz: -INC is not recognized by the web service generator wizard

When creating a new CICS web service using the "Enterprise Service Tool" bottom-up approach, the process is based on a Cobol or PL/1 program.During the process, the program is syntax checked and any errors will stop the process. In Danske Bank we ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Filter joblog archives with low returncodes

We migrated recently from Beta92 to Tivoli Output manager to archive our joblogs. Beta92 provides the feature to classify return codes below a certain value as "good", the joblogs with returncodes below this value are marked as successful. &l...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

CICS should better interact with TWS

Customer would like to take automatic actions, like restart CICS COLD, in case there is no unit of work to be recovered.They would like to integrate CICS with TWS (Tivoli Workload Scheduler).
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide Language Environment support for JES symbol service

A new facility in z/OS 2.1 is the JES Symbol Service (IAZSYMBL), which, among other things, allows an assembler program to obtain the value of JES system symbols SYS_CORR_CURRJOB, SYS_CORR_LASTJOB, and SYS_LASTJOBID after a task has submitted a jo...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Configure a system wide defaults for batch reanalysis

Add the capability to specify default accounting information or job cards etc.
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

export feature updated to correctly use the same format of the DB2 datatype for timestamp which is '2500-01-01-12.00.00.00000

Issue with the exporting of information out of Data Studio - when the result comes back as a timestamp (see TAX_LOT_ID and CLOSE_TAX_LOT_ID below), the date and time are separated by a space. When you export to excel, it can't figure out where the...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

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