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DBD change with ORF must update the IMS Catalog

When applications use Java or SQL to get information from an IMS database, they need the IMS Catalog to access the database. If ORF is not updating the IMS catalog during the ACBGEN step, then that means the DBA have to do an extra step for the da...
8 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

We would like to have an option in ORF to backout any changes done during the Takeover Phase if Takeover is not completed successfully.

If ORF ABENDs during the Takeover Phase, the database is left off-line and in a prohibit authorization state. It may take some time to diagnose and resolve the issue which caused the ABEND and the database is unavailable during this time. In a cas...
over 1 year ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

IMS ORF to invoke IMS Index Builder independently to be able to rebuild the Indexes while the Main DB and indexes are active in the control regions.

In order to rebuild the Prim or Secondary indexes, the Main DB and indexes must be taken offline. If the Index build utility can be invoked by ORF and perform the Index maintenance using the Shadow copy, the main database and indexes will remain a...
over 1 year ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration