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    Name the IMS IVP PCBs so they can be used with IMS Explorer

    In order to use the IMS Explorer with the provided IMS IVP and Sample applications, all the PCBs must be named.They are currently not named, and we need to modify them ourselves.They need a simple update to name the PCBs for all users to be able t...
    over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 2 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

    Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization

    Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization. Currently the FastPath section of DFSDFxxx member is externalized when IMS starts, but we would like the ability to view the remainder of the parameters, to identify what was used at I...
    over 7 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Not under consideration

    Create/update DVSVC000 at IMS control region start

    IMS should create the DFSVC000 member at a cold start. or IMS should override the IMS ID from the Sysgen process in the DFSVC000 member with the IMSID provided in the DFSPBxxx member at a cold start.
    over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

    Possibility to remove MTO LTERM

    When SA IMS automation is implemented there will be no Netview TAF-terminal dequeueing the messages from the MTO LTERM.
    almost 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 4 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

    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

    Flexible Alignment Storage Display

    Currently FA aligns its storage display at starting addresses which are multiples of 16. This is often unconvenient: Sometimes application data is not properly aligned: - address pointers not on word boundery are not point-and-shootable - bad alig...
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Better Support of WMQ-Applications

    Currently Fault Analyzer does not properly recognize that an abending Batch-Job or CICS transaction is connected to Websphere MQ. In these cases FA does not show any information related to MQ and last MQ-API calls.This flaw seems to arise when the...
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

    Treat CPUTIME and COUNT in PROCLIM independent of each other in determining U240 Tran abend

    Currently, a transaction can have a max time equal to the product of CPU-time-per-transaction and count as specified in the PROCLIM parm. This means that if the count needs to be adjusted for tuning purposes, it will have an impact to how long a l...
    about 12 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

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