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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...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

IMS Catalog size estimate-COPYBOOKs are not currently included in estimate

The IMS Catalog database size estimating process only includes the PSB & DBD info.    Those are tiny compared to my COPYBOOK members.    They are HUGH.    I have sent examples to developers in the past during other IMS Catalog & IMS Explor...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 6 Not under consideration

Create a suffixed DFSVC000 after IMS SYSGEN

Hi, In a SMP configuration with several IMS in the same target files.All the IMS have not the same IMSID in IMSCTRL macro the last IMS that has been SYSGENed, overrides DFSVC000 (SDFSRESL library) with its own IMSID A suffix membre for DFSVC00* wo...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 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...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Force affinity to same LPAR IMS FE for IMS Connect distributed 2PC Global transactions (until implementation of RFE 35707)

Currently a distributed Synclevel 2 global transaction that involves IMS Connect has the restriction that IMS Connect and IMS (and RRS too) have to be on the same LPAR.This is documented in Paragraph "Global (XA) transaction with TCP/IP" of IMS Co...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 3 Not under consideration

Reprocessing of messages after ESS returned a not ready condition at Phase I.

IMS should not reprocess messages in case an ESS system is returning a "not ready" condition at Phase one.This may lead to different problems into IMS as we have seen in our customer environment . The following are just two examples of what can oc...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 3 Not under consideration

Request changes to IMS Global Online change

Currently we are using IMS Global Online Change in our 10 Way IMS Datasharing environment. We are currently looking at migrating to IMS V12. We use an Early Validation when migrating to a new version of IMS however it was identified that we can no...
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

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