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    Make the LE enclave persistent in IMS MPPs without the need of a JVM running in the message region

    With API provider and z/OS Connect configured in MPP there is a requirement to set the LLE with POSIX(ON), this drives massive volumes of SMF030 records to be created which leads to issues at offload. from IBM IMS development: From what we have se...
    over 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

    Identify and Terminate dropped connections to IMS

    Currently if an IMS user loses their connection to the internet they remain logged in to IMS. This prevents them from logging back in. Currently the lowest ASOT and ALOT values of 10 do not provide the ability to immediately cleanup dropped sessio...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    high availability and resiliency for messages sent via MQ descriptors (TYPE=MQSERIES)

    We have got applications sending messages via CHNG/ISRT calls on MQ descriptors ( IBM MQ Parameter TYPE=MQSERIES ) Subparameter MQRTQMGR=mqmd_replytoqmgr specifies the MQMD_REPLYTOQMGR value. When operating within a PLEX-environment (MVS-Plex, ...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

    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 ...
    11 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Under review

    Security for commands through OM (OCM) on resource level. UPD TRAN NAME(MYTRAN) ... IMS.CSLPLEX.UPD.TRAN.MYTRAN

    When application programmers will make commands from ZOWE, Ansible etc. it will be necessary to protect resources so a programmer could only work with her/his own resources. Even for Type-1 commands through OM (OCM) and CIMS/DIMS for DIS TRAN MYTR...
    about 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

    Enhance Capability of DFSNDMX0 Exit

    1) Pass information to exit to indicate if a deadlock abend was due to an ESS deadlock. Business value: DB2 handles lock timeouts on object locks, such as tablespace locks, as deadlocksThese are persistent conditions, a retry of the transaction is...
    almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Future consideration

    Make parm ISSUE681=xx also available in an IMS/DC environment

    Hi, Option ISSUE681=xx - which specifies the number of DFS681I messages per second within a batch or BMP region - is only available in a IMS DB/DC environment. Due to massive checkpoints in our IMS/DC system, we regularly experienced delays on IMS...
    over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    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...
    about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    AT-TLS awareness for IMS Connect – client certificate RACF user propagation

    With AT-TLS and Client authentication it is possible to check the certificate and map it to a RACF userid (SAFCheck Option). Db2 DDF already supports that mechanism, that is called AT-TLS aware (see AT-TLS documentation). We need an option to asso...
    about 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

    Support of jakarta package and JDK 17+ for IMS TM RESOURCE ADAPTER

    Good morning. We are actually using IMS TM Resource Adapter, but despite the continous evolution of the java standard we are still force to stay on old JAVAEE 8 standard, due to the missing of support from IMS TM Resource Adapter to JAKARTA EE pac...
    over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Planned for future release

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