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IMS Database Manager

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IMS DEADLOCK Information

When our customer(MIZUHO BANK) experienced DEADLOCK on IMS DB,they investigate following materials to determine Winner and Loser transaction.  ・DEADLOCK ANALYSIS REPORT(DFSERA10 +DFSERA30 (67FF)) ・IRLM LOCK TRACE(DFSERA10 +DFSERA30 (67FA)) ・SYSLOG...
almost 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 3 Not under consideration

Command and WTO to get the Catalog state

We would like to have an IMS command to get the Catalog state (active or not). And, it would be nice to have this Catalog stage at the start of IMS (with a WTO).
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

IMS code in CICS checks for level mis-match

Add checking to ensure the IMS code loaded in CICS via the DRA table and the server it has connected to match.
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Process a Fast Path Secondary Index as a Database

We would like to perform an ACBGEN of a PSB if the only PCB within that PSB is for a Fast Path Secondary Index.
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

DFSPREC0 does not support VSAM REUSE for the ILDS

The main reason that DFSPREC0 does not support VSAM REUSE for the ILDS is that when HALDB was being developed, REUSE was not supported for IMS full function databases. The team implemented it the minimum support necessary: the database/partition i...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

Backout with GSAM file

To avoid the abend of a bmp, a program can do a rollback to cancel the unit of work that caused the problem. But today, it's not possible with gsam file.
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 2 Not under consideration

Global backout without restart

Today, when emergency restart failed, we have to restart with coldstart. But, to do that, we have to proceed backout on each inflight UOW.
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

Prevent base deleting with procopt L and REUS

When a DBBBATCH is unfortunately submitted with a PSB using procopt L instead of procopt A, the database is emptied (the program is the same with procopt A and procopt L: ISRT CALL).
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

CPU time by OLR in records 29xx of IMS log

We need to have the CPU time of OLR in record “2990” of IMS log (the start is 2910).
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

Increase OSAM subpools from current limit of 255 to 1024 or 2048

As our BMP workload increases coupled with recent mergers we are fast approaching the limit of 255 OSAM subpool buffers. In our environment we have seen a slow down in BMP processing when too many BMPs are accesssing the same OSAM subpool due to l...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration