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IMS DB metrics support for anomaly detection

Add IMS DB metrics in Concert for Z, for anomaly detection using Machine Learning techniques
24 days ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Concert for Z KPI for IMS

Would you add the following KPIs for IMS?Our customer is thinking to use IBM Concert for Z to detect the anomaly about the folloiwngs Response time for each IMS transaction Usage of buffer pool for each ones; DB buffer, PSB/DMB pool, DFSPOOL, ...
27 days ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

IBM Concert for Z Japanese panel support

Our customers want to have Japanese panels, such as report title, description, expert advice and help. Especially expert advice function is approved by many customers when they see the demo and they are also disappointed it is just in English only...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Please add the batch program to send SMP/E information to IBM Concert for Z

Our customer wants to collect SMP/E information using the batch job to use IBM Concert for Z in the separate system from the target z/OS.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Please add the APAR list on APAR Management of IBM Concert for Z

Our customers want to have the panel for the followings. (1) HOLD Action description for the specific APAR (2) APAR lists which is required to apply by each LPAR To follow their current operation for APAR Management, they need these functions in a...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Planned for future release

archecker include new switches/options

Please add a "-y" or -"YES" switch to achecker. This would allow us to check the archive in the script right after the archive without human interaction. There are multiple way to check to see if previous program failed ( && and $? with test)
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

IMS DBD statements DFSCASE/DFSMAP: Supporting same field in different mappings

With the introduction of the IMS Catalog in version 12 DBD statements for COBOL copybook and PL/I include information were introduced. This enrichment of DBDs allows to store these information within the IMS Catalog. DFSCASE and DFSMAP are used to...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Deletion of IMS resource definitions on AUTOEXPORT to the IMS repository

IBM has announced AUTOEXPORT feature for the IMS repository as part of the new functions of IMS version 14. AUTOEXPORT will be only supported for new and updated resource definitions but not for deletions. To delete a resource from the repository ...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Setting DB2 Client Information from an IMS application

Provide an API for IMS applications to make it possible to provide client information to DB2. This requires modification to IMS ESAF and DB2 IMS Attachment API to actually pass client info. This would require a change to the IMS ESAF and DB2 Signo...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

IMS CATALOG: ACB populate utility should generate generic PCBNAMEs

The initial load into the IMS CATALOG by ACB populate utility should create generic PCBNAMEs for those PSBS don't have any.Otherwise these PSBs (without label stmt and without any PCBNAMEs for their PCB stmt) can't simply be used and explored by E...
about 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 1 Not under consideration