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IBM IDR product should show the complete DDL change in the CDC Management Console for platforms

IBM IDR product should show the complete DDL statement changed made on the source system in the CDC Management Console for platforms Right now to debug and detect the exact DDL change we need to look at the source dmts log files on source system. ...
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

An IMS command 'prior' to IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG)

Hi, IBM do not have a 'prior' command to issue before IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) for ACB online change in managed ACBs environment. A 'prior' command should have the capability to see the resources being changed in staging directory dataset and t...
about 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

HALDB multiple HLQ for VSAM indexes and DBD names

State of TN uses multiple High Level Qualifiers for OSAM and VSAM definition - i.e. DSNPREF parameter needs to allow multiple parameters - VDE* for VSAM and DE* for OSAM / HALDB
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

DB2/RHEL/Systemd compliance gaps

Our mutual customer has identified several gaps in functionality with regard to the IBM DB2 database that were exposed when Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 transitioned from a System V init environment to systemd for booting and service initialization....
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Maintain good compression ratio for insert after load in BLU automatcially without unload and reload

We usually insert data to the same table daily and may be housekeep data from the table daily after retention period.Update will be less frequent but we found that update in column-organized table takes very long time due to the insert+delete oper...
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the IMS SQL batch utility and the IMS DDL generation batch utility

At the moment the only way to execute DDL statements on z/OS is to run the IMS SQL Batch Utility. This utility is using the IMS Universal JDBC Driver to connect to IMS Connect and executes the DDL statements through ODBM. This forces you to setup ...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Allow Wildcarding of DB/Partition/SSID Names in DBRC Commands

Allow the use of wildcards in DBRC command statements such as, for example, LIST.DB DBD(IVP*) DBDS.
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS need to support for IRLM NF APAR PI93819 (Improve IRLM serviceability)

IRLM new function APAR PI93819 (Improve IRLM serviceability) was released, and DB2 APAR PI93817 was shipped for the new function (ENHANCE IRLM RELATED INFORMATION IN DB2 STAT COLLECTION)But IMS has no plan to provide the enhancement for related IR...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

HALDB multiple HLQ for VSAM indexes and DBD names

State of TN uses multiple High Level Qualifiers for OSAM and VSAM definition - i.e. DSNPREF parameter needs to allow multiple parameters - VDE* for VSAM and DE* for OSAM / HALDB
almost 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

/VUNLOAD command for Local VSO is available during application processing.

/VUNLOAD command for Shared VSO during application processing works fine. But for Local VSO, it causes status code FH.
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration