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    Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

    An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
    9 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Future consideration

    ESAF-Connection-Pooling in DSNMIN20 should be configurable

    The current implementation of DSNMIN20 includes a fixed table with 50 table spaces for pooling ESAF connections. This fixed size is very rigid and inflexible.It would be much more flexible if the upper limit for the connections were configurable. ...
    3 months ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Under review

    IMS Catalog: Enhance Library Builder Utility to generate source for an ACB version

    This goes hand in hand with IMSSS-I-312] . IMS Catalog stores versions of ACBs. There is a Library Builder Utility that can generate the source for the ACBs. This should be enhanced to generate source for ACB versions so that it would allow for fa...
    7 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    IMS Catalog should support ACB update restore to old version

    The catalog can keep x days or x number of ACBs and thus these can be used to backout an ACB change. But there is no way of activating an old ACB from catalog and updating the Directory with the details of the restored or old ACB. This would allow...
    7 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    Storage occupancy as Average storage for history

    The customer spoke about Storage occupancy for a task as a large number, but this is a function of the time as well as storage used. For history, this might be better represented as an Average storage used. This is not possible for an active task.
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

    Add certificate value to TCPIPS display

    The customer would like us to show the Certificate for any TCPIPs that is using one. This will need a new attribute and as such a FixPack, but it is a manageable enhancement which would likely be accepted.
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

    Direct Commands to Resource Workspaces

    Since TOM has command line, it would be beneficial to navigate to specific resource workspace for desired region (for example command “TCPIP CICD5501” would navigate to TCPIP Service Overview workspace for region CICD5501).
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

    Allow Bookmarks for region level workspaces

    Currently TOM bookmarking feature are only available for the workspaces of the CICSplex level. The problem with region level workspace bookmarking is possibility that target workspace may have bookmarked region, which is offline, which would end u...
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

    Bookmarking capability for ICEs workspace

    Make Interval Control Elements workspace KCPICES available for TOM bookmarking feature.
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

    Multi region Take Actions – Task History Pause/Resume

    For RTEs with many CICS regions multi-region control like RLIM activation is beneficial. Other areas could use same approach - for example Task History Pause/Resume.
    7 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

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