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over 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Not under consideration

Request for IMS Replication and IMS to support logically /virtual related DBDs

IMS Replication Mainframe to Mainframe and IMS 1. Some logically related DBDs will not accept/allow Exits to be added on specific segments2. IMS Replication requires that each segment be augmented for replication to occur3. Need to find a permanen...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

Add heartbeat messages to show status of IMS database backout processing

Add "heartbeat" messages to show status of IMS database backout processing, especially during IMS emergency restart.
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Fetching Vendor data from Directory

Vendor data that gets stored in Directory needs to be read by vendor batch utilities (PFX utilities). We need mechanism in DFS3CATQ i.e. if requested it should return the vendor data may be ignore the other meta data both from active as well stagi...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

User Exits During DDL processing

During processing for a DEDB database member, a user exit will be needed to validate the vendor data in the catalog, and place it into an extension to Directory member. The exit should be able to add related SHISAM database(s) to the list of datab...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

Vendor Data in the Directory after DDL

Extended Operands and Vendor Data are in the Directory after using the Catalog Populate Utility to populate the Catalog and Directory from ACBLIB when using IMS Managed ACBs. When building PSBs and DMBs from the Catalog for DDL and the Catalog Dir...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

DFS3CATQ API Open call with the DEFINITION=CONCAT

We at BMC are utilizing the DFS3CATQ API Open call with the DEFINITION=BOTH parameter that allows for requesting IMS control blocks from either STAGING or ACTIVE IMS Directories. We have multiple scenarios in our products code base where it is nec...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

DFS3CATQ API with CONTCAT option

This is a curious case with the DFS3CATQ API that exists today when making separate calls to PENDING versus CURRENT IMS directories. I believe this error would not occur if we have the CONCAT option listed below. In this case we have HIDAM DBD tha...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Future consideration

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD
almost 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

FENCE function only for user defined DBs

We plan to use GDPS/Active-Active for next disaster recovery system. We use IMS Fast Path function for current system so we plan to use IIDR(IBM InfoSphere Data Replication) for IMS as a replication software.We need FENCE function to prevent unexp...
almost 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration