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    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
    3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Prevent IMS from Stopping when GOLC is not finished

    When Global Online Change is running and no commit was done, IMS could be stop by operator (or System Automation) without kwnowing a GOLC is running.If it is the last IMS shutdown, we have for restarting to unlock the OLCSTAT file. To prevent this...
    2 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Collecting Db2 Integrated Synchronization counters in IZDS

    IBM Z Decision Support currently does not collect Db2 Integrated Synchronization IFCID 2 counters. In Db2 component table DB2_IDAA_STAT_S_H/D there is column REPLICATION_CPU, but is only populated with data for CDC replication. Since we have migra...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Under review

    Add a new DISPLAY for CLASS

    Currently, one of our customers is using the IMS command /STO CLASS CLASS# to stop the transaction execution in one of the IMSs in the PLEX environment. However, there is only one command to investigate the CLASS situation /DIS STATUS CLASS, and i...
    about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    IMS Connect option to close sessions with a FIN at shutdown

    At an IMS Connect Shutdown, IMS Connect stops listening on the ports and closes the TCP/IP communication. It is not closing each session and sending a FIN to the front-end devices. we would like a parameter or option that will perform the "clean"...
    6 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Modification to the TLIM= parameter in message regions to include the flexibility to include PSEUDO abends.

    When an IMS message region starts, and the application requires it, it occupies a slot in the Linkage Index Allocation Table. If an abend occurs—whether pseudo or otherwise—and the application (or, in our case, vendor software) does not perform pr...
    9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Enable the ability to run the COLLECT batch process of different components in parallel.

    When a COLLECT process is executed, some DB2 resources are allocated that prevent processes that collect data for different components (CICS, DB2, MVS and so on) from being executed in parallel. If the COLLECT processes of different components cou...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Under review

    Having a report that can have a date selection and the MSU value in IGZS, which is close to the SCRT report.

    Right now, we are comparing SCRT Report with IGZS Tables , but the values are not matching and not having option to go over date using KPMZLP05
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Under review

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