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OTEL EXPORTERENDPOINT= specify file for basic testing.

OTEL EXPORTERENDPOINT= specify file for basic testing. Would like to route to file, for basic testing of new OTEL feature, since no collectors available. I saw a video where this was done for other product (Not CTG), where for basic initial testin...
about 9 hours ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Submitted

Write SMF 79.15 at IRLM interval instead of IMS LOCKTIME interval

When LOCKTIME is enabled in IMS, the SMF 79.15 record is only created when the IMS timeout value is exceeded and it triggers abend 3310. It would be interesting for clients to also create the SMF 79.15 when the IRLM timeout interval is exceeded, b...
17 days ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Submitted
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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...
about 1 year ago in IMS System Services 0 Future consideration

Request to Increase the Maximum INTENT LIST Length Beyond 64K in IMS

We would like to request that the maximum allowable length of the INTENT LIST in IBM Information Management System (IMS) be increased beyond the current 64K limit. During ACBGEN processing, we encountered the DFS2558I message indicating that the I...
3 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review

Add passphrase support for IMS Connect / Data Power exit HWSDPWR1

IBM implemented passphrase support in IMS Connect sample exits HWSSMPL0/1, but the Data Power exit HWSDPWR1 has not been changed in a while and still does not support it. The source code is not delivered to customers, so it cannot be changed local...
about 1 month ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review

Group List Support in DSSGROUP

It would be a good idea if in the SECTION DSSGROUP, in addition to lists with SECTION IPICSERVER server names, you could add lists composed of other SECTION DSSGROUP group names.
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Enhance the ITERATE macro to include a condition.

If the ITERATE macro supported conditions, every assembler program that uses ITERATE within a DO construct will be smaller and more efficient.
12 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Planned for future release

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. ...
6 months ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Under review

Support AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications

Hello IBM, AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications is currently not officially supported by IBM. However, 64-bits support already exist for C applications.Adding support for PL/I only requires simple updates to the CMQEPP copybook. Here is an exa...
3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Maintain Global Information for IMS Programs

Please add support to maintain IMS program global status in RM, similar to the current support for transactions, databases and database areas, GSTSTRAN, GSTSDB and GSTSAREA. Support for programs with GSTSPGM would allow stopping and starting progr...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Future consideration