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A message should be issued at the end of the Database re-open process during IMS Warm or Emergency Restart

When IMS is restarted either Warm or Emergency all Databases which were previously Open and Authorized are automatically re-opened. This happens right after restart completes unless NOPDBO is coded in DFSVSMxx PROCLIB Member. If dependent region p...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Restart 2 Not under consideration

Update system logger processing so the RETPD definition parm provides a default retention period for logstream data.

Update logger processing so the RETPD definition parm provides a default retention period for logstream data rather than a fixed retention period. IXGDELET requests for data that has not reached that RETPD should be honored. From a logstream admin...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Source mapping with common list not possible with subroutines

When source mapping of an EPLI application is used with a common list, APA attempts to load source using the CSECT name first, and if that is not found then it uses the load module name. Usually EPLI source is stored with its modulename and not wi...
over 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Trigger Interval Parameter for zTPF MQ Manager

Provide the ability to define a Trigger Interval (TRIGINT) for the IBM Websphere MQ Queue Manager in z/TPF. This feature allows z/TPF to alleviate problems related to trigger type FIRST which is currently only activated when the queue starts out e...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Using RDz Editors, content assist does not propose the column names of the defined DB2 tables for EXEC SQL statements

In our COBOL programs using RDz LPEX Editor, Content assist does not propose column namesof our defined DB2 tables within EXEC SQL INSERT and EXEC SQL DECLARE CURSOR statements.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

HIX 820 Support for Healthcare Reform

With the implementation of Health Care Reform, it appears that use of the Health Insurance Exchange Related Payments (HIX 820) transaction (version 005010X306) is going to be mandated. This will need to be implemented in the Oct 2013 time frame, a...
over 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Parameter to indicate the location of the DTCN repository

It would be nice to have a parameter (initparm for instance) to indicate where the DTCN repository (File or shared tsq) is located
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add tape VSN in TSIO message

The customer has automation in place to sent informational message to individuals when a tape CC3 I/O type of error occurs. It would be helpful if that message included the tape VSN that was mounted on the drive to be included in themessage prefix...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Request of adding a "session-out" parameter for File Manager for z/OS DB2

Client's enviroment: z/OS 1.12, File Manager for z/OS V11R0, DB2 V10 . The client found that when there's a TSO user logon to the system, enter the panel of File Manager for z/OS DB2, run some of the utilities, and forget to logoff, after 30 minut...
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Ability to compare contents of JES queue SYSYOUT with other jobs

Provide the ability to compare SYSOUT from 2 jobs. SYSOUT would include JES* generated output (JESJCL, JESMSGLG) or program generated output.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

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