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    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. ...
    3 months ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Under review

    Actions zoom menu for Queue/Channel

    Add zoom menu to Queue/Channel details to popup take actions menu and able to administer Queue/Channel in case you were redirected straight to details panel.
    8 days ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS 0 Under review

    Show "Wait No Message" counters

    Make visible for 3270 users "Wait No Message" counters attributes. Add it for existing dashboards. Destructive Get Wait Retry Count and Browse Get Wait No Message Count from QMQ_ST_SMF table.
    8 days ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS 0 Under review

    Forward/Move all messages in queue

    Add option for take action menu for queues to move or forward all messages in queue. Similar to purge that we have.
    8 days ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS 0 Under review

    Change IMS Catalog Definition Exit DFS3CDX0 to make it more user friendly

    DFS3CDX0 is used to provide settings and attributes of the IMS Catalog to Batch application programs.It is an alternative to code “xxx” in the JCL of batch jobs for referencing to DFSDFxxx Member in IMS.PROCLIB. Currently all parameters from DFSDF...
    over 7 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 2 Not under consideration

    rightsizing OLDS BUFNO when BUFSTOR=64

    IMS V12 introduced BUFSTOR=64 with following value propositions:reduced ECSA consumptionreduced CPU consumption due to less TLB misses in DAT .Currently the way to that goals is paved with some obstacles.APAR PM50656 disabled the feature 'round up...
    about 5 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Future consideration

    DFS2291I message only mode of operation

    Message DFS2291I is issued when DFSVSMxx keyword LOCKTIME is used. Today LOCKTIME has 2 options ABEND or STATUS. We have the need for a new option MSGONLY that results ina) no action against the waiterb) message DFS2291I being issued to syslogc) t...
    about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

    new option TERMBLOK for LOCKTIME in DFSVSMxx

    Today LOCKTIME only has 2 options ABEND or STATUS. We have the need for a new option TERMBLOK that results ina) terminating the top blocker when timeout threshold is exceeded, i.e. DFSLLKX0 is called b) message DFS2291I being issued to syslogc) th...
    about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

    Name the IMS IVP PCBs so they can be used with IMS Explorer

    In order to use the IMS Explorer with the provided IMS IVP and Sample applications, all the PCBs must be named.They are currently not named, and we need to modify them ourselves.They need a simple update to name the PCBs for all users to be able t...
    over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 2 Not under consideration

    Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization

    Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization. Currently the FastPath section of DFSDFxxx member is externalized when IMS starts, but we would like the ability to view the remainder of the parameters, to identify what was used at I...
    over 7 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Not under consideration

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