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IMS OSAM HIDAM DB exceeds 8GB before abending with U0844

Technical condition:During OSAM space search during update activity (ISRT or REPL), occasionally an invalid input will cause the request to exceed the blocksize.The source of the invalid input might be an overlaid block, an incorrect calculation b...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Is a defect

Provide additional mapping for SMF Records

Provide mapping for SMF record types 30, 32, 117, and 120.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager to read RMF Data

Read the RMF VSAM file in a Formatted Mode
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support for Websphere Message Broker Flow

Show statistics for Websphere Message Broker Flows
about 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RDz - Enhance JES to show where I am in the input queue

Recent enhancments to RDz have been great. However, it would be helpful to know where my job is in the input queue. Sometimes the system is slow and I have no idea if my job is getting closer to executing or stuck where I need to contact the appro...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CPSM passing information to outside CICSPlex CMAS

Using CPSM with multiple CICSPlex definitions, the CMAS regions should not need to communicate with other CMAS regions that are not part of the CICSPlex
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Update cicsmigrate script to change codepage on TXSeries connection definitions

After migrating our TXSeries region from AIX to RHEL, we could not longer invoke TXSeries transactions from CICS/TS (even CRTE) without getting A28D abends. It was necessary to manually change the RemoteCodePageTR parameter on all of our TXSeries ...
about 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Using the FIND from Find/Replace in GUI yeilds no results

When invoking the Formatted Editor from inside Fault Analyzer on a Load library member, and using the Find function of Find/Replace, no / incorrect results are displayed
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance the efficiency of MIBJ (Migration of the journal) by the migration of the programs that use the entities migrated in

Having a new input parameter for MIBJ (migration of the journal) to complete the migration of the entities of the journal by the migration (and re generation) of the programs that use these entities. In other words, generate and migrate automatica...
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration