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IMS Transaction Manager

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IMS/OTMA Trace improvements

Some IMS problems are intermittent and require follow-up actions in order to gather the required doc for diagnosis. An example of this is requiring an OTMA trace to discover improper processing. In a high availability, volume and performance envir...
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

A new IMS Installation Exit routine for RACF pre-authorisation

We would like to request the introduction of a new IMS Installation Exit routine that would get control when an IMS AUTH call is issued by an application, but prior to RACF being called (i.e. pre-authorization). The new exit point will need to pro...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

New type-2 update/query cmd support for LOGSTR

Add command support for the LOGSTR parameter in IMS PROCLIB member DFSYDT.. that is used to specify the behaviour on how IMS will share the NSCP information with RACF. Today it's difficult to verify the content of LOGSTR and the installation can o...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

Add SYNC point call to DFSMSCE0

Enhance IMS and exit DFSMSCE0 to be called at transaction sync point and include fields (like flags to indicate sync point type and application program characteristics) to determine the status of application termination. Also, Include when IMS iss...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

RFE for IMS Signon Re-Verificatioin

Provide a run-time IMS parm in DFSPB000 that will allow both password and passphrase re-verification to be activated / de-activated more dynamically than coding the DFDSINTX0 exit routine to set the SCDPVER bit on in the SCD. Also, consider a type...
almost 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Move DLMP/PSBC, PSBW and LUMC pools off ECSA

RFE #78091 is about moving EPCB and CSAPSB pool off ECSA to reduce ECSA usage of IMS. We would like to also have DLMP/PSBC, PSBW and LUMC pool moved off ECSA.
about 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

Add Parameter to AUTH Call to Supress ICH408 Messages

Add a parameter to the AUTH call that suppresses ICH408 messages, especially in cases where authorization failures are expected.
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

provide EXPRTIME feature for fastpath like available in full function

fastpath message are not expiring in the queue, will stay until processed. In some problem situations the messages will fill up the queue (max trans reached) and prevent other messages from being added to the queue. At this point we were having al...
about 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

IMS Connect Recorder Trace on port number level

Provide the possibility to start an IMS Connect Recorder Trace for a specific port id.
almost 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

IMS "/MODIFY PREPARE ACBLIB" : transactions modified are refused to enter IMS

Between the "/MODIFY PREPARE ACBLIB" and the "/MODIFY COMMIT", the messages for the transactions related to the PSBs modified by the change are refused to enter IMS (message DFS3470). They ought to be accepted and suspend until the "/MODIFY COMMIT".
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

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