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Reduce clutter in IPCS formatting of GTFTRACE output in batch

We use IPCS to format GTF traces from CICS but the IPCS GTFTRACE output includes extra lines that we don't want to see. To solve this, we first send the IPCS formatted GTF trace to a temporary dataset, then use a REXX to clean off the unwanted lin...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 3 Not under consideration

s390x based oc-mirror plugin for linuxONE OpenShift clusters to mirror Operator HUB file based catalog in Air gapped environment.

oc-mirror plugin can fine-tune the configuration to only include the OpenShift Container Platform releases and Operators that cluster needs which reduces the amount of data needed to download and transfer. Currently s390x based oc-mirror plugin is...
over 2 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1 Not under consideration

Allow PVTMOD/PVTEP modules to be traced when a module of the same name has been loaded via GLOBAL=YES.

Introduce a new SLIP option on the PVTMOD/PVTEP statement, to indicate that a loaded-to-global module should be ignored when a module of the same name, exists in the private area of the specified address space.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

Enhance granularity for CTRACE_DEFAULT_OR_MIN Health Check

Currently, the CTRACE_DEFAULT_OR_MIN Health Check is an "all or nothing" proposition--that is, there is no way to tell the Check that it is "OK" to be using non-default or "minimum" trace parameters for any one specific Component. So, if any one C...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

The AMAPDUPL program does not invoke the FTP Client program of EZAFTPLC with the AUTH parameter with a value of TLS preventing use of FTPS via AT-TLS

The AMAPDUPL program does not invoke the FTP Client program of EZAFTPLC with the AUTH parameter with a value of TLS preventing use of FTPS via TLS V1.2 via AT-TLS. Do note, that the z/OS FTP Client configuration setting of 'TLSMECHANISM FTP' is ob...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the pptapetofile process to support tapes created with a BLKSIZE – 128

On TPF tapes can be written to with a block size of 128. At Visa, the TPF systems utilize this setting for the RTV, RTXRTY, and RTW logging tapes. This setting was put in place to reduce tape queueing and improve performance for TPF. By allowing t...
over 3 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 0 Planned for future release