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    Alter output location for message DFS2014 DFS2015 DFS2016 DFS2017 DFS2018

    Alter messages DFS2014 DFS2015 DFS2016 DFS2017 DFS2018 to appear on IMS Control region SYSTEM JOB log as well as the MTO or instead of the MTO
    over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

    Make available the TMRA dependencies on a maven repository

    Some clients cannot manually download dependencies or upload them to artifactory. For those clients like us, we would like a public Maven repository with the TMRA dependecies.
    over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Future consideration

    Add the socket descriptor as a parameter for the HWSAUTH0 exit

    Users of our HWSAUTH0 exit routine need a socket-connection-based user authentication to conform to their company rules. To make it possible with HWSAUTH0 exit, we need in the HWSAUTH0 exit parameter list a new parameter where the socket descripto...
    over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager 1 Not under consideration

    Add "user" field to PARMBLK

    TI has a usermod where we require a field in PARMBLK (PXPARMS) to chain one of our data areas. This usermod has existed for 30+ years. We use one of the "reserved" fullwords at the end of PXPARMS to store the address of this area. We use the last ...
    over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

    Enhance TMRA to get the name of the program performing a callout

    APAR PH24630 added the IMS program name of the program performing a callout to the OTMA state header of the callout message. Please add a method to TMRA to get this information from the OTMA state header.
    about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

    IMS/OTMA Trace improvements

    Some IMS problems are intermittent and require follow-up actions in order to gather the required doc for diagnosis. An example of this is requiring an OTMA trace to discover improper processing. In a high availability, volume and performance envir...
    over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    Add SYNC point call to DFSMSCE0

    Enhance IMS and exit DFSMSCE0 to be called at transaction sync point and include fields (like flags to indicate sync point type and application program characteristics) to determine the status of application termination. Also, Include when IMS iss...
    almost 13 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    IMS OTMA utilization of 64-bit memory for the TPIPES

    Each TPIPE control block for an IMS OTMA consumes stores of Extended Private Storage from the IMS CTL region. It has associated other control blocks also allocated at Extended Private Storage.Using 64-bit storage could be a very good enhancement.
    almost 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

    Add a way to stop queueing for STOPed transactions (for transaction switching)

    When a transactions is STOPped, if you try to call one directly (from a terminal ou from IMS Connect), your requested will be rejected and the request will not queue. But if you make the call to the STOPped transaction from another transaction usi...
    over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    For CHNG calls during OTMA transactions processing, used a cached ACEE

    When OTMA transactions with OTMASEC=FULL make a CHNG call to another transaction, IMS creates a new ACEE in the MPP. There is already an ACEE for the USERID of the transactions in the IMS Control Region. IMS should use that existing cached ACEE (o...
    over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

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