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Improve CQS design to access IMS Logger Structure

Following the MVS System Logger's current design, reported by pmr 23734,228,631, the ASYNC logger calls to a CF Logger structure result in extra SRB schedule and processing for the logging explorers. Now that we are aware of this, if the logger ca...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

Ability to manually disable protective mechanisms like QHA

This is to request manual ability to disable various protective mechanisms in GDPS, for example automatic QHA on GDPS/PPRC resynch/failback. We recently had an issue PMH 13736 BR 122 where pathgroups were left online to an LPAR that was already do...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

CPSM batch utility (other than REXX) to perform CPSM API actions

There isn't any way to write our own application to perform CPSM API actions against CPSM objects. It is possible just using REXX run-time interface to write an API program, but there is a restriction in our environment that we are not able to use...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

show load module's compiled time using CEMT

show load module's compiled time using CEMT INQUIRE PROGRAM
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Access to Edit Macros from Menu Manager

Many companies have created a large amount of utilities and macros in ISPF over the years. One of the obstacles implementing RDz is for those Edit Macros which are not covered by RDz functionality. A simple solution to cover some of these would be...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization

Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization. Currently the FastPath section of DFSDFxxx member is externalized when IMS starts, but we would like the ability to view the remainder of the parameters, to identify what was used at I...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Change panel CSLUPAA (SPOC) to support wider screen sizes.

This deficiency locks the user into a *x80 form factor even when using a wider screen sizes. This causes the user to waste time scrolling left and right in a very narrow window. I can supply an alternative version of the CSLUPAA panel that support...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - EXIT PARAGRAPH | SECTION label

The EXIT PARAGRAPH or EXIT SECTION statement goes to the end of the current paragraph or section. However, in PERFORM structured call programming at different levels, it may be necessary to abort a process by connecting at the end of a paragraph o...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

IDz JMON Started Task session limit

There is a limit to the number of session connections the JMON Started Task will allow. Once this limit is reached, all further connection attempts are rejected with message: FEJ205W Warning: Session limit exceeded All work through IDz stops until...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 3 Not under consideration

Stop all IMS ODBM PST related work if the associated IMS Connect DRDA JDBC Socket goes away

There are several situations, when the IMS Connect DRDA socket goes away, but the ODBM thread/PST continues its work or hangs. Examples are, PST in Lock Wait in PI systems. DL/I call resulting in a database scan or other long running work, that wa...
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 2 Not under consideration