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System Management

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OM output user exit parameter list: Command Response change

IMS OM output user exit Usability enhancementThis exit is called to allow a user to view and manipulate output from OM.There is a restriction on the OOUX_OUTMDLEN field as follows :- Modified command output length. The exit must set this field if ...
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Delivered

IMS "wsdl first" WebServices: Reduce size of DFSPWSH message header (i.e. @dfs_async_msg_header)

Every web service request and response contains a first segment to transfer meta data, i.e. the @dfs_async_msg_header included DFSPWSH. The size of this header is fix for every request/response and is more then 5KB, mainly because of large field d...
almost 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Delivered

Remove procedures IRZB64E and IRZB64D from IRZPWSIO API in a future version

Tododay the procedures IRZB64E and IRZB64D from IRZPWSIO API are called from PLI-code generated through RDz xsebatch. These procedures are used to encode/decode base64Binary data in a SGW-enterprise web service environment. The next version of PLI...
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Delivered

Change cache algorithm to manage XML-converters in ICON

The ICON parameter MAXCVRT to set cache size of XML-converters is fine. What is not optimal is the algorithm used to unload/load XML-converters if the cache is full. current algorithm: Due to some discussions with IBM employees the less used conve...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Delivered

Add new IMS parameter to take regular structure checkpoint in Shared Queue environment

After IMS Shared Queue implementation Customer now have to issue the /CQCHKPT SHAREDQ STRUCTURE command to take structure checkpoints via automation process. It will be more safe to have this automated by IMS as in a situation where this command i...
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Delivered