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IMS Transaction Manager

DFSJVMAP member of the IMS PROCLIB data set is not available for the STDENV option

The DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS members of the IMS proclib can be overruled by using the //STDENV option in JCL. Is it possible to make this also available for the DFSJVMAP member? This would improve the DEVOPS experience when using the STDENV option in...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components Under review

Improve diagnosis for IMS Applications with Java and PL/I language interoperability

In a standard IMS region, we can set TRAP / ABTERMENC /TERMTHDACT options through the CEEOPTS DD and activate SLIP to get a complete dump of the problem (if needed), but this is not possible in MPR regions with a mix of PL/I and Java because IMS s...
3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement Under review

STO REG ALL

If we want to stop manually an IMS, we have to stop each MPP manually by entering STO REG command with the REGID or Jobname. In order to accelerate the process, is it possible to have a command : STO REG ALL like STO TRAN ALL; STOP DB ALL
10 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Add support for OTMA transaction expiration for IFP regions

IMS transaction can be defined to expire OTMA messages to prevent the use of resources for messages that are waiting too long to be processed. For transactions that run in MPP regions, there are three types of checks that IMS does to see if the tr...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components Under review

Use 64-bit storage for OTMA TPIPEs

Nowadays OTMA is one of the most important pieces in IMS. Given the big range of TCP/IP clients is quite difficult to manage OTMA TPIPEs in a complex scenario. Although the latest development enhancements are more than welcome, they aren't fixing ...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM Under review

Support product enablement and disablement via IFAPRDxx for IMS

In our environment we use IMS and MQ only on specific LPARs. If we could disable them on the LPAR we are not licensed we could avoid licensing issues in case of a user error.
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components Under review

SMF Log Record for Accounting

It would be great if IMS produced a record within SMF that can be shipped across to IntelliMagic Vision. Currently we need to ship both SMF, AND our BMC 59 record from the IMS logs over to Intellimagic. It would simplify the client's management of...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components Under review

Enable Cancel Client ID option in IMS TM Resource Adapter

TMRA allow 'Dedicated persisten sockets' which customer can manage ClientID name by application itself.However, If the connection is lost between ICON and TMRA, and it is due to firewall of netowrk device in between. This leaves the TMRA applicati...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement Under review

IMS Connect option to close sessions with a FIN at shutdown

At an IMS Connect Shutdown, IMS Connect stops listening on the ports and closes the TCP/IP communication. It is not closing each session and sending a FIN to the front-end devices. we would like a parameter or option that will perform the "clean"...
12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Add a new DISPLAY for CLASS

Currently, one of our customers is using the IMS command /STO CLASS CLASS# to stop the transaction execution in one of the IMSs in the PLEX environment. However, there is only one command to investigate the CLASS situation /DIS STATUS CLASS, and i...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

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