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    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...
    13 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

    Native GitLab Runner for z/OS security

    The security concepts of GitLab runners are mainly intended for distributed environments owned by a single application. With the introduction of the GitLab Runner for z/OS, which is a system shared by hundreds of users and applications, a new secu...
    13 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    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

    Support for Endevor Processor Group Steps with SYSTSPRT/SYSTSIN Allocation via Execute Package Command

    In the IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) CARMA Endevor integration, CA Endevor® processor group steps that allocate SYSTSPRT or SYSTSIN datasets currently fail with allocation errors when executed in foreground mode or through the execute package comma...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    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

    Reduce the amount of storage used by the JSONGet functions

    We see high cpu from LE 'Get a stack' from build in PL/1 JSONGet functions like JsonGetValue. Please reduce the stack used storage in the JSONGet functions.
    3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

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