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FA: Enhance Navigation in Storage Display in Interactive Mode

In interactive mode with ISPF the navigation with display of storage should be enhanced: Better structuring: FA should take into account the boundary of the storage segments and should restrict scrolling to the segment, where the currently display...
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

include DB2 SQLCODES in the determination of normal duplicates

fault analyzer does currently consider two different sqlcodes as a normal duplicate
about 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Include LOGSTR parameter in the RACROUTE REQUEST for IMS commands.

IMS command RACROUTE requests apparently lack the LOGSTR parameter. Change IMS command RACROUTE requests to include the LOGSTR parameter.
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

New fields other Dependent_Region.External_Subsystem_Calls, one for DB2 and One for MQ.

We ask to create two additional fields other Dependent_Region. External_Subsystem_Calls ( all external call), one that contains call to the DB2 subsystem and other that contains calls to the MQ subsystem.
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Transaction Expiry to remove ABEND 0243

IMS Should be able to test message at GU to the IOPCB for transaction expiry, and send only an 'expired' message back without taking a U0243 abend.
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

Allow IMS to regenerate the message DFS996I without needing to restart it.

IMS WTOR message DFS996I *IMS READY* is normally outstandingto provide operator communication with the IMS region. The customer deleted by mistake the IMS message DFS996I so it had to restart the IMS in order to recover the control (please see als...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Option to turn off checkpointing for GSAM files

Currently, IMS sets the DS1CPOIT flag in the Format-1 DSCB for all GSAM files used by an IMS program, such as a BMP. This flag is left on regardless of whether the program terminates normally or not, leading to many thousands of checkpoint files l...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Need a UTC time added to IMS log records X'37', X'38', and X'5612'

We need a UTC time added to log records X'37', X'38', and X'5612' in order to avoid problems with OMEGAMON IMS RTA computing response times during the time change (Spring-forward and Fall-back).
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

Allow or deny IDIREPRT similarly to the parameter exclude from IDICNF00

Hello We want to be able allow or deny IDIREPRT for some jobs or stcs similarly to the parameters exclude/include from IDICNF00. We want to keep the historical reports, so Fault Analyzer should be kept running, so no turning off. Adding the DD IDI...
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer event summary enhancement

We would like to have direct access via hotlink to the working storage areas for each application program in the event summary for transaction dumps and PG link levels for system dumps. This area should be formatted if the source is available, or ...
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration