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    IMS Catalog utility FABXCATM has no exclude option during DECODE IMS DBD or PSB Source

    FABXCATM is only allow wild card option to DECODE DBD and PSB from IMS catalog and cannot exclude specific member level option. Please add this new function.
    13 days ago in IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS  / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    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...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Not under consideration

    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

    Command to refresh preloaded programs in all regions from one IMSPLEX

    Although IMS v15 may include a similar new feature: An IMS system programmer using a command can refresh a program that is scheduled in an IFP region or preloaded in DFSMPLxx member without having to restart the region. We need a global command, t...
    about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Future consideration

    Allow ISPF SPOC to use max screen width instead of 80 char

    Allow ISPF SPOC to utilize the entire width of a user's screen instead of being limited to 80 characters. Current 3270 emulators can even go as high as 160 chars width. Based on some testing that we did, it seems to be a simple enough change (from...
    almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

    Allow LIST RECORD consumption to be drifted to ZIIP processors.

    Now, IZDS and IZPCA allow the derivation of a COLLECT to ZIIP, but it is not possible to do the same with a LIST RECORD.It would be good to study the possibility of adapting the LIST RECORD as well.
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Not under consideration

    zIIP usage of CICS transactions should be in the CICS component of TDS

    For accounting reasons we need to know, how much time was used on a CP and on a special processor (zIIP) per CICS transaction. Cics Performance monitor shows this numbers by using the SMF 110 records USRCPUT and CPUTONCP respectively OFFLCPUT. TDS...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Planned for future release

    Support SMF123 subtype 2 V2 record layout

    IBM z/OS Connect has recently improved their SMF123 records. We need IZDS to support their new record layouts. zOS Connect recently improved SMF details for API Requesters. SMF123-subtype 2-V2 is an additional new record layout. Here is a link to ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

    Add new fields or change data type of fields that are in STCKE format to something more consumable

    Fields TIME_ZC_ENTRY, TIME_ZC_EXIT, TIME_SOR_SENT, TIME_SOR_RECV were recently added to the ZDS tables for SMF record type 123 (PTF UI82260). The STCKE (CHAR(16)) format is difficult to work with and convert to a GMT or local time in Db2 queries. ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

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