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    Improve diagnosis for IMS Applications with Java and PL/I language interoperability

    In a standard IMS region, we can set TRAP / ABTERMENC /TERMTHDACT options through the CEEOPTS DD and activate SLIP to get a complete dump of the problem (if needed), but this is not possible in MPR regions with a mix of PL/I and Java because IMS s...
    10 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Submitted

    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...
    19 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    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

    DFSJVMAP member of the IMS PROCLIB data set is not available for the STDENV option

    The DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS members of the IMS proclib can be overruled by using the //STDENV option in JCL. Is it possible to make this also available for the DFSJVMAP member? This would improve the DEVOPS experience when using the STDENV option in...
    12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 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

    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

    STO REG ALL

    If we want to stop manually an IMS, we have to stop each MPP manually by entering STO REG command with the REGID or Jobname. In order to accelerate the process, is it possible to have a command : STO REG ALL like STO TRAN ALL; STOP DB ALL
    7 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Enhance IMS TM Resource Adapter's setPassword method to handle RACF passphrases

    Currently the IMS TM Resource Adapter has two different methods for setting RACF passwords and for setting RACF passphrases (setPassword and setPasswordPhrase). This causes development and test effort when customers migrate from password to passph...
    3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Planned for future release

    TXSeries Support for RHEL10

    Now we are planning to build new platform using TXSeries on RHEL 10. To extend support duration about our platform, we want to get TXSeries support for RHEL 10.
    about 1 month ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 0 Submitted

    Allow specification of region type in IMS command - UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH)

    Currently when we promote programs we stop and start all our message regions. Doing a UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH) returns a return code of 8 due to - CC 48 NOT ALLOWED FOR IMS RESOURCE. This means we would not be able to setup alerting on th...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

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