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    Allow Change Accumulation to have dual output datasets

    From a recoverability perspective, it is good practice to have dual copies of logs, archives, image copies. Change Accumulation datasets are also used in recovery and it would be helpful if we could write dual Change Accumulation datasets, one on ...
    4 days ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Change Accumulation 0 Submitted

    Automatically Include Logically Related Databases in IMS DRF Recovery

    We would like to request an enhancement to IMS Database Recovery Facility (DRF) to improve its handling of logically related databases during recovery operations. Currently, DRF only recovers the database explicitly specified in the input statemen...
    5 months ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 2 Not under consideration

    start debugging in second program called by CALL

    It is not currently possible to configure the debugger to start in a program other than the first in the chain (as is possible with other debuggers) if the first program calls the second with CALL and not with EXEC CICS LINK. It would be very usef...
    7 months ago in COBOL Compilers / Linux 1 Planned for future release

    Ability to specify MSGCLASS for Subordinate Address Spaces

    When running a Database Recover Facility batch job (FRXSDR00) to recover an IMS Database, subordinate address spaces are spawned. Would like a way to specify the MSGCLASS of those subordinate address spaces.
    almost 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Functionality already exists

    DRF XF - Function to verify all recovery assets for a time range, and give report at individual asset level

    In DRF Extended Functions I would like a new feature that would allow me to give a time span, either a date range, or ideally a number of days in the past, on either the VERIFY or HCHECK function that would confirm each recovery asset for the enti...
    over 3 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Add JCL Generation Capability Using PGM=HPSCMAIN for DBs with Multiple DSGs in the InitOnly Option

    The current initialization process supports only fast path and full-function DB initialization when a single DSG and primary index are associated with the database. However, our team has multiple applications with databases that require initializa...
    9 months ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Not under consideration

    Error message FABJ0192E is issued for indexes in DRF recovery when ICNDX(Y) is specified in UTILGBL, even though index databases are RECOVERABLE = NO.

    In this scenario, image copies of index databases should not be attempted so the error message is confusing/misleading.
    over 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Planned for future release

    DRF - avoid S878 abend in IB by reducing the number of sort processes per IB main job

    The customer have been having frequent S878 abends in DRF recovery job during DR exercises when Index Builder is invoked. The idea is to divide the HALDB PRIMARY INDEX and ILDS construction into two separate IB jobs, the number of sort processes p...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Future consideration

    Add a new feature to start DRF SAS according to SORTPARM(NUM(nnn)) even if STACK was specified.

    The customer ran into a problem where thousands of output image copies were taken after a recovery during DR exercise because STACK keyword was not specified (STACK causes all the DBs in that recovery profile to be pointed to one IDRF0001 job and ...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 2 Future consideration

    DBRC Extracts

    Useful for querying recovery related information
    over 1 year ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Future consideration

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