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Copy/Paste enablemnet for Remote console access KVM

Will nice to have the copy and past feature Remote console access KVM in CIC. Since this kind of console is used in case of problem/issue many time some solution can be found on manual or forum, and the solution commanda could be many and very lon...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

WLM performance index evaluation period should be reduced to 5 seconds or less

We have critical transactions that all of them should be ended in any case within 3 seconds. Even theses transaction have been properly defined to WLM, during high CPU utilization intervals, some of these transactions run for more than 5 seconds c...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 0 Under review

Enhance Compiler and Library for REXX on IBM Z to Generate 64-bit Code

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 06/05/2023 Submitter Name: Lionel Dyck Submitter Email: lionel_dyck@triserv.com Description: Enhanced the REXX Compiler to generate 64-bit code - let's free up the space below the bar.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Compiler and Library for REXX on IBM Z to Generate 64-bit Code

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 06/05/2023 Submitter Name: Lionel Dyck Submitter Email: lionel_dyck@triserv.com Description: Enhanced the REXX Compiler to generate 64-bit code - let's free up the space below the bar.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Not under consideration

GDKU0013I Add local name is DD:LOCAL

Hello, The objective is to have the name of the files transferred to the bucket (endpoint / Data_source / Data in object storage), without having to go to DEBUG with GDKU0013I With level(debug) DEBUG: DD:LOCAL is DataSet: true, name: FILE.NAME DEB...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Planned for future release

support vdisk as swapdisk (z/VM)

vdisk as swapdisk is z/VM recommendation for better performance.
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0

The ability to choose which LPAR is designated the Master in a z/OS Basic HyperSwap Session where multiple LPARs of a Sysplex are active in that HyperSwap Session via parmlib member.

I want the ability to designate a specific LPAR to be the Master in a Basic HyperSwap environment via a parmlib member. Right now, I just go to the LPAR which I would like to be the Master and then just issue a ro *other,p hsib and wait for the *I...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Enhance zsh so the delete key works as on other platforms

Currently the zsh shell works well on 3.1 but the delete key on z/OS does not work the same as on Linux. On z/OS 3.1 zsh the delete key generates a ~ character and inserts it. The zsh shell should be consistent.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Under review

Add a RACDCERT REST API to z/OSMF

It would be useful if we could get an API to manage digital certificates or at the minimum get a list of keyrings and certificates on the system. A RACDCERT API could be used for external management tools and to make utilities that give notificati...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Prevent wildcard searches on HLQ

When wildcard searches are used on large(r) systems, enq delays / decrease in performance is experienced on catalog processing that impact critical production business processes.Wildcard searches causes higher processing time for example when Db2 ...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

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