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    Today IMS can startup its CSL Stasks of SCI,OM,RM; extend to startup CQS(for RM) and ODBM

    Today IMS via its DFSDFxxx member allows its CSL address spaces (SCI/OM/RM) to be started by the IMS Control region using: SCIPROC=,OMPROC=,RMPROC=. However, our CSL setup for RM requires a 'non-shared Queues' CQS to be started, if the CQS is not...
    over 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

    Request TMRA Commit Mode 1(CM1) support dedicate persistent socket.

    Customer IMS is transforming from legacy SNA environment to TCPIP environment. They use both MQ and ICON for TCPIP Gateway.In new develop client programs, they prefer using TMRA for application gateway between application and IMS, and want to use ...
    almost 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

    TM RA support for SEND_ONLY with ACK

    In the SEND_ONLY scenario without ACK, IMS input messages are lost when the IMS transaction is stopped. There is no notification (SEND_ONLY without ACK). Unlike IMS Connect API, IMS TM Resource Adapter does not support the SEND_ONLY protocol with ...
    about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

    zOS Connect tracking token in x'56FA' records

    We are seeing a large increase in traffic to our backend IMS systems using z/OS Connect and API. We offload z/OS Connect SMF records to splunk along with IMS x'56FA' records. z/OS Connect provides a tracking token which currently IMS stores in x'0...
    over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    Enhancement to modify the PWFI parameter without restarting the region

    Actually, when we want to made some operation on DB2, we have to change the PWFI Status to NO in order to remove the active THREAD and not to keep it. For changing the PWFI status, we have to restart the region. Is it possible to remove this resta...
    almost 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 1 Not under consideration

    Modification to the TLIM= parameter in message regions to include the flexibility to include PSEUDO abends.

    When an IMS message region starts, and the application requires it, it occupies a slot in the Linkage Index Allocation Table. If an abend occurs—whether pseudo or otherwise—and the application (or, in our case, vendor software) does not perform pr...
    9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Externalize X'4032' Checkpoint Log record layout

    Provide a DSECT and/or layout of the data within the X'4032' checkpoint log record " OTMA TPIPE/QAB/TIB/MTE/MCB". The main use we have in mind for this is we'd be able to see the ENQCT, DEQCT, QCT for all Tpipes at a given checkpoint. Similar to w...
    over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Future consideration

    Missing source IP in SMF record type 80 when accessing with IMS Connect

    IMS Connect need to add the source IP address to SMF type 80 records to enable identification of security breaches and also to enable the use of conditional access based on source IP address.
    over 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

    Enhance IRLM to detect cross-subsystem deadlocks

    Today the Internal Resource Lock Manager (IRLM) of IMS is not able to communicate with the IRLM of DB2. This causes cross-subsystem deadlock situations not to be detected and not to be resolved. Because such cross-subsystem deadlocks could not be ...
    over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

    Enhancement in SSM configuration member

    When you have a lot of Subsystem (DB2, MQ), you have to manage SSM File in order to use one or multiple subsystem.If you define all your susbsytem in one member, you need to define security access for this subsystem (READ access at least). For sec...
    almost 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

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