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Add Integration with ZEKE job scheduler

Currently ADDI only supports CA7 job scheduler integration. We use Zeke in our organization, can you please add Zeke integration to ADDI?
3 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Submitted

Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
16 days ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Submitted

Make the CICS_FIELD procedure automated to include new OFFSETs to the CICS-FIELD table

When a CICS new Release is released by IBM, the IZPCA users have to update the CICS_FIELD Table executing a manual process. This is an error prone procedure; thus, we suggest the IZPCA development to adjust it to a safer process to be executed by ...
12 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Submitted

Enhancement to the PL/I jsonGetValue built-in function to add a selector option to jsonGetValue which would allow specifying a condition for selecting an array element. The function would then only copy those elements that satisfy the condition.

For example, given the JSON document below, it would be great to specify we only want the item with "TRAINING": "Y" copied over to the PL/I structure. JSON_DOCUMENT: { "PASSES": 3, "DATA": [ { "NAME": "Mather", "ELEVATION": 12100, "TRAINING": "Y" ...
5 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Add clip functionality to ZCPYS / CSM

Add functionality to ZCPYS and/or CSM to enable the clip of the VSN prefix on any flashcopy session. For example - we take a FlashCopy of a system with a VSN prefix of VA. Use ZCPYS to change the VSN prefix on the Flash Copy session from VA to VQ ...
4 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Submitted

Report of zCentric Agents

Ability to run a report from z Workload Scheduler that produces a list of zCentric agent details including version, destination details and OS. This is helpful for version control and monitoring.
4 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Support product enablement and disablement via IFAPRDxx for IMS

In our environment we use IMS and MQ only on specific LPARs. If we could disable them on the LPAR we are not licensed we could avoid licensing issues in case of a user error.
4 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

DFSJVMAP member of the IMS PROCLIB data set is not available for the STDENV option

The DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS members of the IMS proclib can be overruled by using the //STDENV option in JCL. Is it possible to make this also available for the DFSJVMAP member? This would improve the DEVOPS experience when using the STDENV option in...
about 1 month ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

Include SMF 98 subtype 1 in SMF Record Definition available

SMF 98 subtype 1 contains information about spin locks. This could help identify potential situations to reduce CPU Consuption that could be avoided
26 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Submitted

Have INGREQ CANCEL complete when Resource returns to SATISFACTORY state

Currently if an APG has the status AVAILABLE SOFTDOWN where all of its APLs within it are SOFTDOWN and then a STOP vote is put on the APG. When there is an INGREQ CANCEL to the APG Stop Vote, this will give a bad return code, even though the APG i...
3 days ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

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