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    Move DLI OSAM and VSAM control blocks above the bar

    There are many OSAM and VSAM storage control blocks that are currently stored below the line. The use of HALDB databases and number of databases datasets defined to IMS is always increasing. HALDB also requires additional dataset to cater for Seco...
    about 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    Heartbeat message for long running IMPORTs under managed ACBs

    In an IMS managed ACB environment the IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) command is being used to activated previously generated directory control blocks for PSBs and DBDs. If you are importing a larger number of control blocks, the import processing can...
    almost 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

    Enhance IMS to be able to do decimal compares on DL/I calls

    Current IMS only performs binary compares when a DL/I call contains a qualified SSA. This is a problem for packed and zoned decimal values and comparisons with >, >=, < and <=. Because IMS only performs binary comparisons a DL/I call c...
    over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Future consideration

    New option to generate DBD without metadata

    We would like to have a new DBDGEN option that enables users to generate a DBD without an extended fields table for metadata. For example, we propose adding a new macro like below, which precedes other DBDGEN macros and allows users to specify not...
    about 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

    An enhancement to the IMS Universal Drivers and Open Database Manager to allow for batching IMS segment data for the keyed segment and all of its dependent/child segments

    Currently the JDBC driver allows for batching off a specific SSA list. Our application requires a way to fetch segments of varying parentage that do not conform to a single SSA. For example, We have a three level hierarchy of SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2, A...
    about 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Future consideration

    Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF environment

    Many Japanese Banking Customers are using XRF system.Since IMS Managed ACB does not support XRF environment, if IMS Managed ACB becomes mandatory, Japanese Banking Customers can not migrate to IMS V15.So, Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF en...
    over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 0 Not under consideration

    Increase the Maximum Size of the IRLM Lock Entries from Its Current Maximum of 1024 MB lock entries.

    Currently we have a large number of false contentions within our IMS data sharing group, and we have increased the LTE value to 256 which causes us to reach the Maximum size of 1024mb.(256 * 4 Byte Entry = 1024mb) We need to be able to increase th...
    over 1 year ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Under review

    64-bit capability for OSAM buffer pools

    Wells Fargo IMS subsystems are reaching memory capacity. The largest user causing this constraint is OSAM buffer pools. Moving these buffer pools to 64-bit would relieve the constraint.
    over 1 year ago in IMS Database Manager / All components 1 Not under consideration

    USE EXEC SQLIMS with CCSID 1390

    One of the three mega bank in Japan requires to use EXEC SQLIMS language support with CCSID 1390. EXEC SQLIMS language support is indispensable for their on-going project.
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    DFS2291I: include IMSID in the SHORT message

    Change the LONG form of DFS2291I lock timeout message to be a multi-line WTO, to make it easier for Automation products to extract the necessary data from the individual messages, in order to take action such as cancel the top lock blocker. At pre...
    over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

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