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    IMS catalog API (DFS3CATQ) sample program

    The customer considers using IMS Catalog API to get DBD or ACB from user program, but no sample program is provided. DBRC API provides a sample program DSPAPSMP in the IMS.ADFSSMPL library. Could you please provide a sample program of IMS Cata...
    about 2 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Planned for future release

    Perform ITM/Omegamon actions in SMU

    It is useful to have a possibility to perform ITM actions (such as cancelling CICS transactions and DB2 threads) in SMU. Of course, this will then have to be done under the userid of the user, so that everything is neatly arranged via the existin...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

    Default SMU Panel with INGPLEX Functionality

    We're users of the INGPLEX commands with the TN3270 Panels. Some functionality is really useful such as the INGPLEX IPL, SVCDUMP, SLIP etc. panels. We would like to see a default panel within SMU which has the same functionality as the TN3270 Pane...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

    Include IBM Service Management Unite in Z Development and Test Environment

    I work as z/OS System Adminsitrator and have a Z Development and Test Environment Personal Edition lencese. I use Z Development and Test Environment Personal edition to stay up to date on new software. As IBM Service Management Unite is a fr...
    9 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Under review

    Refreshable Exit support for additional exits

    Provide refreshable exit support for DFSMSCE0 and DFSQSSP0
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

    Different handling of U0711-1E in a MPP with JVM.

    The environment is IMS V14 running IMS MPP with JVM and COBOL main transaction programs calling JAVA methods via COBOL Object Oriented Wrapper and JNI APIs. Every ABEND in one of this MPP with JVM dependent region causes the rebuild of the JVM wit...
    almost 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

    IMS Support for VSAM Linear database Buffer pools 64 bit addressable

    Support for VSAM LINEAR datasets for IMS databases was delivered for the enhancement for databases dataset encryption in 2020. The buffer pools for VSAM LINEAR datasets are still treated like OSAM buffer pools with 31 bit addressability. Anthem ha...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

    When a /STO SUBSYS and subsequent /STA SUBSYS is issued, IMS has to be restarted in order to make the dep regions pick it up

    The customer needs IMS to be able to start subsystems SSM members dinamically when an external subsystem is having issues. Currently, if a sick subsystem is causing problems, issuing a /STO SUBSYS on the sick subsystem and /STA SUBSYS on another S...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

    Adding filtering capabilities to the TDI datasets

    In an SMU widget you can choose different Omegamon datasets, but there is a difference between the TDI datasets and the original datasets. If you choose the TDI datasets there are no filter options (filter on 'Managed System Name' and no 'Prelimin...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

    A new option of DFS3CATQ GET for removing metadata

    We'd like to request a new option of IMS Catalog API (DFS3CATQ FUNC=GET, FORMAT=DBDLIB, MBR=xxxxxx) to exclude a extended fields table for metadata from an output DBD. Metadata is not needed for IMS database reorganization. In the IMS Catalog API ...
    about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Future consideration

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