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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

    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

    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

    IMS Catalog: Enhance Library Builder Utility to generate source for an ACB version

    This goes hand in hand with IMSSS-I-312] . IMS Catalog stores versions of ACBs. There is a Library Builder Utility that can generate the source for the ACBs. This should be enhanced to generate source for ACB versions so that it would allow for fa...
    3 months ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Under review

    IMS Catalog should support ACB update restore to old version

    The catalog can keep x days or x number of ACBs and thus these can be used to backout an ACB change. But there is no way of activating an old ACB from catalog and updating the Directory with the details of the restored or old ACB. This would allow...
    3 months ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Under review

    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

    Dynamically allocate OLDS and WADS via DFSDF member instead of DFSMDA

    Having the OLDS and WADS dataset name template in DFSDF will make the logging configuration easier to manage compared to doing it via DFSMDA. This will also make the system more robust specially in an IMSPLEX configuration where each IMS member is...
    8 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review

    IMS - DB2 bind under PWFI TRAN

    When Appl make Db2 BIND used by PWFI regions IMs have to bring down all IMS regions. Please allow to pause to BIND to PWFI regions without bring down IMS regions
    10 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Under review

    IMS Log Recovery Utility (DFSULTR0) - Enhancement to add functionality to be able to close a Secondary OLDS that is OPEN when the Primary OLDS is already in CLOSED status.

    IMS Log Recovery Utility was unable to be used to close a secondary OLDS dataset, preventing IMS from starting. This forced an /ERE COLDSYS on a client system. IMS was unable to start from apparent insufficiency in IMS Log Recovery Utility being u...
    11 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review
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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

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