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IMS Transaction Manager

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Write SMF Performance Information from IMS JVMs

It is requested that IMS JAVA cuts JAVA Performance Information (thread, GC, JIT information) and writes this data into a log, SMF preferred. Data should be gathered using standard JMX / Mbeans.* It is required that the implementation is configura...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Delivered

Make Backend TPIPEs small

Reduce storage utilization for Shared Queues Backend TPIPEs, so we can save storage to increase our MAXTP.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Delivered

Explicit IMS-Connect-PING by IMS TM RA API

We recommend to expand the API of IMS TM RA for an explizit IMS-Connect-PING.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 4 Delivered

OTMA TPIPE queue depth monitoring

We have a business requirement where we need to monitor OTMA TPIPE queue depth before messages are placed in the TPIPE. We do not want to add ‘dis tmember xxxx tpipe xxxx' logic to our high volume transactions. We would like the have the capabilit...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Delivered

Adding a new "status code" on DPSB calls when Commit/Rollback has not been done prior in a ODBM configuration

In an IMS ODBM environment, application programs have to do commit or rollback before do deallocate psb to avoid the following U0210 IMS abend: 14.49.57 STC26933 DFS554A IMSPX1OD 00073 IMSPX1OD AQAHEA0K(7) 000,0210 222 2018/039 14:49:57 RTKN= ODBA...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Delivered

Provide smart configuration option for IMS JAVA and USS config options

IMS JAVA configuration is currently implemented by defining options and variables ind OPT and ENV members of IMS Proclib.Statements in this members will be sequentially parsed and added to the JVM configuration.On Z/OS within JZOS environments the...
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Delivered

WTOR IMSCONNECT

When we have several IMSCONNECT, there are one WTOR for each IMSCONNECT. So, it could be uncomfortable to have all this WTOR.
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Delivered

ICAL and MSC WLR Routing via DFSMSCE0

Direct remote MSC-routed IMS transactions produced by ICAL paired with an OTMA Descriptor (TYPE=IMSTRAN) through the DFSMSCE0 exit so that the Workload Router (WLR) can re-direct the transaction to an ACTIVE remote IMS system on a remote sysplex.
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Delivered

Enhance IMS JMS API or IMS JDR resource adapter for easier processing of synchronous program switch messages

IMS JMS API actually does not support comfortable methods to create field-based callout and callout response messages for synchronous program switch. IMS JDR resource adapter's class IOMessage already provides such a functionality. Please enable I...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 6 Delivered

Variable substitution in DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS

Allow dynamic variable substitution of the contents of DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS, such as the IMS ID and the system symbols, and preferrably, even user defined variables. Alternatively, allow the JBPs to execute a script to establish the environment, ...
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Delivered