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    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...
    5 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    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...
    5 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    Support HTTPS Connection Between SMU and TEPS

    SMU should use HTTPS/port 15201 instead of HTTP/port 15200 for connections to the TEPS.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Future consideration

    Fully automated Shutdown/IPL initiated from SMU

    GDPS is able to control a fully automated Shutdown/IPL initiated from the GDPS control panel. We would like to the have the same functionality for non GDPS systems. The Operator should have the possibility to initiate and control the following act...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

    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...
    almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Future consideration

    SMU and GDPS - Hardware Integration

    When integrating HW views into SMU it would be good to have GDPS facilities integrated, also.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Future consideration

    SMU to operate with APIML

    Launching SMU plug-in from ZOWE. We are running the SMU software as a Linux application in a z/OS Container Extension (zCX). The ZOWE software is running as a Started Task (STC) on a z/OS LPAR. We chose to do this to save on general purpose CPU M...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 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...
    over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

    UNCOND option support for a GSAM resource in IMS managed ACB environment

    In a management ACB environment, our customers must execute IMS Catalog Populate utility (DFS3PU00) or ACB Generation and Catalog Populate utility (DFS3UACB) when they update existing PSB/DBD resources. However, sometimes they need to fall back th...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Is a defect

    Use of wildcards in the search option SMU

    The use of wildcards in the search option of the SA widgets in SMU. Now you can only filter by default on the beginning of the name or you have to set all kinds of filters (e.g.: starts with and ends with).
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

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