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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...
    22 days ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Submitted

    Obrowse enhancement

    In z/OS UNIX, the obrowse command should be able to handle acii tagged files (e.g. UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1) in the same way as command oedit does.
    4 days ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Submitted

    Enable create for a sequential extended dataset to take advantage of pervasive encryption

    It was recently found that even though we were passing a DATACLAS that specified EXTENDED attributes, ZOAU appears to be overriding it and it was still landing as a BASIC or LARGE dataset type. We had tried multiple combinations and research befor...
    about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Submitted

    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

    Add option to customize the buildreport.html to include custom records

    DBB allows the addition of custom records with AnyTypeRecords and PropertiesRecord https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=apis-build-report#user-defined-record-types but even though the information from these records is added to the bui...
    14 days ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Under review

    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 2 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review

    Manage host attached DASD with Cinder to attach and detach to ICIC VMs

    In some storage performance needs scenarios (i.e. Openshift ODF Disks) is required to have very good disk performance, that cannot be achieved using QCOW2 files. So it could be vey useful to direct attach/deatch a DASD (online in the hosts and not...
    5 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

    ICIC Compatibility with Pure Storage (Terraform Dependency)

    IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center (ICIC) currently does not support integration with Pure Storage platforms. This limitation prevents ICIC from being deployed as the infrastructure management layer. This constraint has implications because Terraform...
    19 days ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

    Enhance jsub to be event driven

    It would be great if we could enhance jsub to be notified by an even when the submission has finished, rather than by polling the JES log. In our testing, especially for short running jobs, which make up the majority of our test suite, we have fou...
    9 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

    Please add a "COPY membername" command to IMS DDL that would allow us to include copybooks containing commonly used PCBs (SCHEMAs)

    This idea would better align with how traditional PSB source is managed in our shop. We rely on the COPY command supported by the Assembly of the PSB in the PSBGEN process. A similar capability for DDL would ease the transition to DDL.
    about 2 months ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Under review

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