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List of Common Event Adapter (CEA) Access Requirements

Currently, it is documented that CEA requires the RACF TRUSTED attribute. This is a concern for our Security Administrators and Auditors. We are requesting a more granular list of access requirements for CEA and elimination of the requirement that...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration

Option to include CICS JES Log / Job Log in DUMP

Option to include JES Log in DUMP. Either PERFORM DUMP or STAND ALONE DUMP. Had problem of hung CICS region; captured dump; cancelled and restarted CICS. Unfortunately; when Cancelled the Job Log apparently was purged and not SPOOLed to the archiv...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration

API to interrogate global CEA settings

CEA API to be extended to provide a query function which returns the currently-active global settings - that is, those configured via CEAPRMxx parmlib member. For example: TSOASMGR ( RECONSESSIONS(0) RECONTIME(00:00:00) )
about 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 0 Future consideration

modification to ceatool

When I run ceatool, I receive the error message : CEA0751E Function delete incident failed, return code -1, reason code 0x04480343, diagnostic words [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]. CEA0703I /bin/ceatool ended with errors.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

incorrect Operlog processing

For an Incident CEA/CIM actually offloads the Operlog to an VSAM Linear Dataset and defines a Logstream. Only a later select of the 'Operations Log' in the zOSMF Web Interface initiate an 'unload' from the VSAM Linear Dataset into an sequential da...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

New CEATOOL Parameter to delete an Incident by the SVC-Dump Name

The CEATOOL has actually only the parameter RETPD to filter which Incidents should be deleted.We need a new parameter to filter the incident deletion by the name of the svc-dump name stored in the sysplex dump directory.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

CEAPRMxx must support SMS MGMTCLAS and D

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0716125647User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE12008Title: CEAPRMxx must support SMS MGMTCLAS and DATACLASSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration