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Message Queue Management

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Alter output location for message DFS2014 DFS2015 DFS2016 DFS2017 DFS2018

Alter messages DFS2014 DFS2015 DFS2016 DFS2017 DFS2018 to appear on IMS Control region SYSTEM JOB log as well as the MTO or instead of the MTO
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

IMS Transaction Manager : Output format of DFSILTA0

【Problem】Despite DFSILTA0 output format being changed, it seems there is no guide in the manual.We use IMS V13. (upgrade from V9 to V13 in 2016)Since V10, since the proc result of DFSILTA0 was now outputted in multiple lines, it wasn't possible to...
almost 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

provide EXPRTIME feature for fastpath like available in full function

fastpath message are not expiring in the queue, will stay until processed. In some problem situations the messages will fill up the queue (max trans reached) and prevent other messages from being added to the queue. At this point we were having al...
about 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

Request IBM to add EXPRTIME= for IMS Fast Path transactions

When Fast Path transactions are not processing quickly enough they can back up in IMS, increasing the storage utilized to contain control blocks associated with them. If an IMS expiration value is set, transactions that aren't processed before tha...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 0 Not under consideration

Set timeout value on a MQ descriptor (to tell MQ how long time the message stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted)

Be able to set a timeout value for an asynchronous message to MQ using an MQ descriptor. (To tell MQ how long time the message should stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted.)
almost 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

Make the SHUTDWN parameter of MSGQUEUE macro overridable

Make the SHUTDWN parameter of the MSGQUEUE macro overridable with a new parameter in the DFSPBxxx proclib member or in any other proclib member
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

Issue informational message when QBUFMAX parameter was reached

Customer faced two hung situations where QBUFMAX parameter was reached. They would like to receive a message when this parameter was reached and also if, during initialization the QBUFMAX value is the same as QBUF specification
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 5 Not under consideration

IMS output message flood control

IMS has already a flood control for input messages. This covers the most common cases of message flooding in IMS. Even if mass insertion of output messages is very unusual, it is as ciritical to the system stability as mass insertion of input mess...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

IMS AMS - Advanced Message Service

Implement IMS functionality to support MQ Series Advanced Message Services (AMS) for transactions using the IMS-bridge connection.IMS applications are already today able explore this functionality if the design is to use MQ explicit access to the ...
about 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

MQSeries MQMD data available using an IMS INQY call.

If possible we prefer to connect our MQ Series clients using OTMA, since this solution is more scalable. To minimize allocation of IMS resources, we have made it possible to run these applications in an asyncronous way. Our challenge is to be able...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration