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This is a test

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about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 0 Not under consideration

T2 DB QUIESCE command issued and no RMs are available in the IMSPLEX

"When none of the RMs are available when DB Quiesce issues the IMSPlex-wide request to terminate the DB Quiesce process, the DBQ process resource is not deleted from the resource structure and the databases remain quiesced, with no easy way to get...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

IMS IVP dialog - consider new Java DB

Für die JAVA-Datenbanken werden keine IC-Dateien erstellt und auch kein GENJCL (IV3H101J, IV3H104J)
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Command to display Regions with PWFI=N

Please provide an IMS command to easily list all regions/MPRs that are running based on PWFI=N or PWFI=Y.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

Repository batch interface

Customer would like to have the possibility to directly access the IMS V12 Repository dataset via a batch utility in order to generate flat file (and/or sysout). This batch utility is requested in order to avoid any impact with online activity and...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to display (List) all or selected REPO resources belonging to a specific IMSid

Customer would like to have the possibility to directly display (list) all or the selected IMS V12 Repository resources belonging to a specific IMS id. He would like to have this capability as a directed option within the Query command (without an...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Multiple RESLIB levels support for DBRC API

Currently, to use DBRC API, the IMS RESLIB must be allocated to a job. This requirement becomes a problem when a tool that needs to access to multiple RECON sets that are at different IMS levels. DBRC API should allow for an option on the STARTDBR...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Improve GOLC for 24x7 by relaxing requirement that all IMS systems are up.

GOLC requirement to have all IMS systems up (or you are forced to do a cold start) severely constrains operations from running IMS per business needs in a 24x7 environment where other scheduling or operational issues may require processors to be d...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

This is a test RFE

This is a test RFE.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 0 Not under consideration

Syntax Checker should make it easy to find what the highlighting and colors mean

There doesn't appear to be documentation about what the various colors and underlines mean in the Syntax Checker. That should be easy to find in the Information Center and from the online help when hitting PF1.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

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