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IMS System Services

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job names at the top of installation paragraphs in the program directory

improve the useability of the program directory by putting jobnames at the top of each section of the program directory's installation chapter.
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

enable "FIND" in IMS IVPs

Enable the "FIND" function in the IMS IVPs for variable names and contents, job and step names
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Collapse the File Tailoring and Execution phases to a single phase in the IMS IVPs

Collapse the File Tailoring and Execution phases to a single phase in the IMS IVPs to modify the JCL as needed and then to submit it before moving on to the next step.
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Allow file tailoring via batch

Allow the file tailoring step to be executed via a batch job instead of requiring an interactive TSO session.
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

IVPs should not update SDFSRESL

The IVPs for IMS should be entirely contained within datasets allocated for the IVPs. However, they currently modify some datasets, like SDFSRESL..
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

IMS IVP variables (some) not compatible with modern z/OS customer systems

In the IVP variable gathering phase, there are a couple of variables that should be updated/changed or removed to include other options. * IXUUPROC = JCL - User PROCLIB DDNAME (JES2) or DDNAME suffix (JES3) There is really no reason to update the ...
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

IMS IVP does not connect Repository to IMS control region

IMS IVP does not connect Repository to IMS control region. The IVP creates a repository and the Repository server address space, but falls short of bringing an IMS system up and verifying/demonstrating the usage of the repository.
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

IMS DRD Security Interface

Currently we have an IMS Installation that has multiple distinct clients. We would like to use DRD to define IMS resources (Transactions, DB etc.), however we require a security interface such that each client can only create or modify resources t...
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 2 Not under consideration

IMS Group Attach feature for CICS connection

Currently CICS must use DBCTLID in DRA macro DFSPRP or CICS SIT parm INITPARM to specify the name of DBCTL region. BMP allows usage of the IMS group name instead of the IMSid to connect to any IMS member on the partition it is schedule. CICS DBCTL...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Only one STC for RS and RM in DRD environment

RM is the IMS Resource Manager and it is required when DRD is implemented with RS. So the resource manager needs another STC as a slave to maintain the files where are stacked the resources.This new STC have to be added to start-up, stop and surve...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 2 Not under consideration

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