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A dynamic PRELOAD in dependant IMS region

Hi, For a Message Processing Region or Fast Path Region, it is possible to enable PRELOAD with a list of modules specified in a DFSMPLxx member of the IMS PROCLIB. To maintain a such static list in DFSMPLxx member is quit a heavy task. If it will ...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Not under consideration

FA Eclipse: Show variable content in Cobol Source

I want to see the contents of working-storage/linkage variables in the opened Cobol source (e.g. with mouseover / hover-over) when using the Eclipse plugin for Fault Analyzer and open the programs source code
over 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Fault Analayzer should be able to provide abended file and records involved in the abend

When I open a fault analyzer report for abended job I want to get the file name and all the bad records information which causes the abend.
over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Have IDIS leave a re-usable ASID after it's stopped.

Fault Analyzer's IDS STC leaves its ASID un-reusable. Modify IDIS to allow its address space to be reused.
almost 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

"false" U0240

z/OS only allows one STIMER per task (TCB) so when an application program is setting his STIMER it negates the STIMER that IMS has already set and this could lead to an U0240 abend which is not a real one because the proclim has not been reached. ...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

Reuse of DB2 prepared statements in IMS JBP (and BMP) regions

Java applications running in an IMS JBP (or BMP) region are not able to reuse DB2 prepared statements after doing a checkpoint call by using the Transaction.checkpoint() or the Transaction.checkpoint(SaveArea) method. If you try to reuse them you ...
almost 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 2 Not under consideration

Display of BLF-Data

Interactive Analysis of a batch dump: Content of BLF data online shown in dump format. Info from compile listing is not used (as in Working-Storage).
over 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Better management of IMS PGM name to Java class name mappings

For IMS Java programms (both Java batch and Java message processing programs) a mapping between IMS program names and Java class names must be provided in IMS PROCLIB member DFSJVMAP. Such a mapping within this member looks like this: IMSJAVPG=com...
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 4 Not under consideration

IMS JAVA to honor POSIX signaling

POSIX standards allow users to signal to processes. This signaling capability might be honored by the UNIX runtime itself or propagated to the middleware on top of the Unix implementation (or thread). Typically: USS kill -n is the used user-interf...
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

FA Eclipse: Divide Storage Areas into Working-Storage and Linkage

Under Event details --> Event 1/2/3/... there is an item called "Storage Areas" - this should be divided for COBOL into Working-Storage and Linkage. This division should be shown in the outline view as well.
over 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration