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    Allow otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers labels to be configurable

    At UBS, it is mandatory to include billing information and software owner identification when sending data to our OTEL Landing Zone. This is achieved by setting the otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers fields. Without these attr...
    14 days ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 0 Submitted

    Support for multiple DNS, IP and EMAIL fields in RACDCERT GENCERT

    Why is it useful? This is not just useful—it is absolutely essential for DB2 data sharing environments that run secure JDBC connections with the following settings: enableSysplexWLB=TRUE sslConnection=TRUE sslClientHostnameValidation=TRUE (default...
    15 days ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Submitted

    Support for multiple DNS, IP and EMAIL fields in RACDCERT GENCERT

    Why is it useful? This is not just useful—it is absolutely essential for DB2 data sharing environments that run secure JDBC connections with the following settings: enableSysplexWLB=TRUE sslConnection=TRUE sslClientHostnameValidation=TRUE (default...
    15 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

    Recover data sets from full volume dumps on TCT

    To be able to recover a single data set from a full volume dump on TCT would be a nice enhancement. A use case would be Db2 System Backup that uses DFSMS Copy Pools and gives Db2 the possibility to recover a single table space by extracting the re...
    15 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    Support for backup/recover using TCT

    Like the support for migrate/recall using TCT it would be a good idea to have that possibility for bakup/recover using TCT.
    15 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    enhancre rlist to specify FOR() where for is a userid or group - to display what access that userid/group has

    Today the RLIST command displays CLASS NAME----- ----FACILITY STGADMIN.IGG.* (G) LEVEL OWNER UNIVERSAL ACCESS YOUR ACCESS WARNING----- -------- ---------------- ----------- -------00 IBMUSER NONE ALTER NO so you can see your access ( ALTER) I woul...
    16 days ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Under review

    Writing & reading several records to/from a data set w/ multi-byte encoding causes TSO servlet timeout

    Using the z/OSMF ReST API, writing 810 or more records to a data set with a multi-byte encoding (such as IBM-937) causes the request to timeout after the given response timeout has elapsed. Create a physical, sequential data set NEW.DATASET with...
    16 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

    Add IDCAMS REPRO support to copy EZNOSQL Dataset to a Sequential Dataset

    As there are a lack of IBM tools to view the contents of an EzNoSQL Dataset, it would be beneficial to be able to copy an EzNoSQL Dataset to a Sequential Dataset as can be done for other types of VSAM Datasets. While you can do an IDCAMS PRINT, th...
    16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 0 Submitted

    Enable copy of TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage to be dynamically refreshed

    With reference to the case that I raised recently, TS021044974, I was advised by IBM that TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage can only be refreshed from TKDS VSAM by shutting down and restart ICSF started task. There is no option from an ICSF ad...
    17 days ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

    The XML Toolkit Should Support the Open XL C/C++ Compiler

    The XML Toolkit shipped as a base element of z/OS should support the Open XL C/C++ Compiler since that is the strategic direction for z/OS C/C++ compiler support. Currently, attempting to compile a program using the XML Toolkit headers yields nume...
    19 days ago in z/OS / Core Infrastructure 0 Under review

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