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ETT Trigger Feature

A lot of different companies I´ve talked with have problems with excessive ETT Triggering where there are so many triggers you go over the length of your current plan. I think it would be very appreciated to have some new kind of ETT triggering fe...
2 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

IMS Online Reorg to disregard error: Number of online IMS subsystems has changed

We are looking for an option to tell IMS ORF to disregard if the number of online subsystems has changed during job execution time. We are running a 4 way data sharing environment and planning to introduce rolling IPLs in the near future. We also ...
6 days ago in IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS / Database Reorg 0 Submitted

As CICSDFLT userid id should have minimal access, if any transaction uses CICSDFLT id which is not CAT3 tran should be automatically restricted from CICS without doing SAF check..

HI , As CICSDFLT userid id should have minimal access, and as CICSCAT3 transaction is open for all, If any transaction uses CICSDFLT id which is not a part CAT3 tran should be automatically restricted from CICS without doing SAF check. This will e...
about 6 hours ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

Add CPSMOBJ resource to SMF 1154 subtype 80 records

Hi Team,Request is to add CPSMOBJ to SMF 1154 subtype 80 records.Adding CPSMOBJ will help us to monitor if any exposure to CPSM objects or CICS resources through CMAS.
about 8 hours ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

CSM supports Metro Mirror with Site 4 replication, can GDPS support this configuration, too?

According to DORA regulation, it is possible to have a 2-region infrastructure with the possibility to have a synchronous copy between them, an MTMM 4-Site. This gives one the chance to do a region switch with no disruption to the customers. Nowad...
12 days ago in GDPS 1 Submitted

Update ZDHST with NVP and ECB Owner Data

As we continue to increase our use of Name-Value Pairs(NVPs) for troubleshooting and for Realtime Runtime Metrics Collection (RTMC), the NVP area has become crucial to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve test and production issues. Most of our dumps ...
15 minutes ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Submitted

CICS region id and CICS default id should not be same .

Hi , In CICS We will have CICS REGION id and CICS Default id and, both id should be used differently , and Security access also have to be different. in current scenario in SIT DFLTUSER={CICSUSER|userid} , if we code DFLTUSER=CICREGID ( where DFLT...
about 5 hours ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

Make it possible to send an empty body with other http response code then 204 (no content)

Seems that when you use http response code other than 204 and you remove the body in your mapping that there is always a body of the tags above.It should be possible to define whether you want a body or not. For example: we want to use 202 without...
about 6 hours ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

Import COBOL copybook in lowercase

When uploading a cobol copybook into a new API Service Project, all attributes are in uppercase although the copybook was in lowercase.We have to change every attribute to lowercase because of the standards at the customer.
about 6 hours ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

Remove parent tags from input and output bodies

When you make a API with an input body (JSON), you always have to give the parent tags of the service instead to those that really are related to the content of what you want.Same for the output body (JSON), where those parent tags are always show...
about 6 hours ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted