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Enhance the Reporting on DASD Volumes such that not all are reported on as MOD9s

Use the number of cylinders per Dasd volume to denote if a MOD27 or MOD54 rather then denoting all volumes as MOD9s.
11 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

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 ...
4 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Under review

Please provider an Openshift version of the container. Docker / Podman are not permitted technology at the Bank.

Please provider an Openshift version of the container. Docker / Podman are not permitted technology at the Bank. This is the only way we will be able to run ADDI containerized.

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...
4 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Future consideration

Change monitoring way of elapsed and CPU in policies

Currently, when using policies, calculation of CPU and Elapsed times are done between EXEC CICS commands. So, if previous EXEC CICS never completes, rules are not triggered if CPU or Elapsed are exceeded. It should be interesting to monitor these ...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

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...
3 months ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

LPEX / Eclipse : Enable context-sensitive help for C/C++ and assembler

The functionality is already present for Cobol and PL/I - it seems logical to also have it for C/C++ and assembler (at least for the IBM macros, but would certainly be cool for individual instructions too). In a nutshell, place cursor on "printf",...
13 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Provide functional JZOS jars in a Maven repository

IBM has made non-functional versions of the JZOS jars available in the Maven Central repository to allow compilation using Maven. Some JZOS functions are dependent on z/OS, however others e.g. data conversion are not. Using non functional jars mak...
13 days ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Submitted

Certificate support for technical users

An enterprise business would rather like the opportunity to use certificates as a means of authentication for the technical users driving the Dynamic Workload Console.During installation two specific technical users are needed for DWC (One databas...
25 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Under review

Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
4 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 0 Future consideration