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    DCLGEN for the IMS Catalog

    We need to be able to generate PL/I definitions/includes with the IMS Catalog as the source and the leading system/basis. It should be possible to integrate that type of generation with the software build process.
    over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

    Default value type setting in IMS Catalog for Explorer inserts

    Modify the IMS Catalog to have default values for field statements, that is: spaces, low values, zeros, zoned, etc. This would then be used by IMS Explorer Suite for inserts when a field value is not specified. For Example on this "Insert into MS3...
    about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

    Support for wildcard in DDL DROP for IMS Databases and PSBs

    We refresh and rebuild test environment from production where we cleanup everything in test and build using the components from production by changing component names. So we could use DDL DROP with wildcard where we can erase the test definitions ...
    almost 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

    CLEANUP.RECON should clean up bad/orphan records

    Please update the DBRC command CLEANUP.RECON to delete bad and orphan records
    almost 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

    Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

    The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
    over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Not under consideration

    DFS3LU00 should allow the user to choose to generate control blocks and statements from the Catalog Staging area

    When using DFS3LU00 to generate DBD or PSB source statements or control blocks, only DBDs or PSBs in the active portion of the IMS catalog are considered. There is no way to specify generation from the staging portion of the IMS catalog.
    almost 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

    How to estimate the size of these pools in a mACB environment where there's no ACBLIB, DBDLIB nor PSBLIB.

    Problem Description: In an ACBLIB environment, ACBGEN output shows the estimated size of DMB, PSB, PSBW, and EPCB pools indicated by DFS0940I, DFS0941I, DFS0943I and DFS0589I. messages like as follows. < ACBGEN output example > ... DFS0940I ...
    over 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Planned for future release

    DB2 Backup Object Size to Reflect in Metadata

    Currently DB2 doesn't provide backup object size in Admin_Hist or any metadata tables. It writes to diag but that's very challenging to read and interpret . If backup object size info added to metadata it will help for planning our backup storage ...
    about 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

    Altering IMS database mapping cases and fields within it using DDL

    Based on the current IMS ALTER TABLE syntax documentation, there is currently no way to add a single mapping case or to drop a single mapping case at the moment. You can only drop the complete mapping definition and add it again including the addi...
    almost 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

    Heartbeat message for long running IMPORTs under managed ACBs

    In an IMS managed ACB environment the IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) command is being used to activated previously generated directory control blocks for PSBs and DBDs. If you are importing a larger number of control blocks, the import processing can...
    almost 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

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