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DDL and ACBGEN equivalent BLDPSB=YES

Using ACBGEN, if we want to make segment level change such as key length change, we use BUILD DBD=xxxxxxxx,BLDPSB=YES. This builds DBD and all the PSBs that use the DBD that we want to change. With DDL, I understand that we can use ALTER to make s...
about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Allow user to provide output area for DFSGVRM call

The DFSGVRM macro gives us a way to get the real IMS level. We are having issues with the FUNC=REL (addressability; our code and way it's written) using MVS STORAGE macro and having inline DC statements. DFSGVRM FUNC=CALL requires caller to alloca...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Customer would need the CPU Time spent for DLI activity to be separately accounted

Customer would need to have separately accounted in TYPE56FA TLS Accounting Log Record the CPU Time spent for DL/I activity.Currently TPEXTIME field contains the cumulative CPU Time spent for the comprehensive Transaction processing.For a Customer...
about 7 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Change CIOP pool to 31-bit

Per the following CIOP lives in 24 bit private: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPH2_13.1.0/com.ibm.ims13.doc.sdg/ims_dfsspmxx_proclib.htm We request IBM change CIOP to exist in 31-bit private.
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

IMS Group Attach feature for CICS connection

Currently CICS must use DBCTLID in DRA macro DFSPRP or CICS SIT parm INITPARM to specify the name of DBCTL region. BMP allows usage of the IMS group name instead of the IMSid to connect to any IMS member on the partition it is schedule. CICS DBCTL...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Refresh MFS edit routines DFSMExxx

Prior to IMS V15, we have a local mod (MFS Exit Controller) that allows us to monitor and refresh the MFS Edit routines (DFSMExxx). With changes to IMS V15, this local mod is no longer usable. As a development shop, we often modify the exits and r...
about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

OTMA settings should be in effect and honored when IMS starts to accept OTMA traffic

Customer is running with AOS=Y, but he has found that after an /ERE consequent to a IMS Cancel some CM1 Synclevel Confirm SL1 Messages were Enqueued with Affinity to FE IMS for a SERIAL PSB Transaction.Input messages arrived from MQ before restart...
about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

CQS display commands should show also the EMC usage

Commands /CQQ STATISTICS STRUCTURE ALL and QRY STRUCTURE SHOW(ALL) should show also the number of allocated and currently used EMC in a way similar to the one used in the output of message IXC585E :*IXC585E STRUCTURE DFSCQSMSGQSP IN COUPLING FACIL...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

DB/DC vs. DCCTL CSA storage comparisons

The usage of resources like CSA is expected to be different between IMS in a DB/DC configuration and IMS in a DCCTL configuration. Analysis proved that some "DB" modules are currently (IMS V14) loaded also in a DCCTL environment even if not requir...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Different DFS554A message between dependant region and IMs control region.

DFS554A message can be not the same between dependant region and IMs control region. Could DFS554A be always consistent between IMS dependant region and IMS Control region ?
almost 7 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Not under consideration

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