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IMS System Services

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HWSJAVA0 buffer expansion

Provide a means for the IMS Connect message handling exit HWSJAVA0 to request additional buffer space. IMS Connect provides a documented mechanism for a message handling exit to request additional output buffer space by setting EXPINI_BUFINC. HWSJ...
almost 8 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Region bounce commands

Provide commands to bounce MPRs, including bouncing MPRs based on job name, class, transactions that run in that class or programs used by transactions in that class. If there are multiple MPRs, please provide a mechanism to perform rolling bounce...
almost 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 3 Not under consideration

SPOC Audit Trail feature should take Audit Log Logstream name from Proclib Member CSLOIxxx - Resubmit of Declined RFE 35661

It would result useful and also safe to have SPOC Audit Trail feature automatically read Audit Log Logstream name from Proclib Member CSLOIxxx instead of requesting user to specify it in Panel CSLUPRA .In addition to ensure a more practical usage ...
about 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

Improve OM audit logstream examples

Improve the documentation and IVP sample definition of the OM audit logstream: Include the retention period and auto-delete values, as well as a discussion about cleanup and link to the sample that shows printing out the data for archiving. Also s...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 2 Not under consideration

Provide information about the destination of ims messages.

I would like to have in the IMS documentation the information where IMS messages are displayed , system console, IMS master (MTO) or both.
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

DRD command to look at last user to access PGM/TRAN

Be able to query the last or one of the more recent users to have accessed a program, transaction, or database.
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

DRD EXPORT should support DDDEF in addition to DSN

The type-2 command EXPORT should support specifying an output DDDEF instead of only permitting a full DSN (and one that doesn't support relative GDG references).
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 3 Not under consideration

DELETE TRAN command to clean RM structure without a tool

After DELETE TRAN and DELETE TRAN DEFN the output from the QRY TRAN command show us TRAN DELETED (transaction name and completion code) of RM structure and that can cause the wrong interpretation, as if the transaction hadn´t been deleted. It woul...
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

PTDB0899-215 IMS - Dynamic allocation/deallocation of external subsystems datasets

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Pierre MaroisSubmitters Company: TD Bank Financial Group PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PTDB0899-215 IMS - Dynamic allocation/deallocation of external subsystems datasetsHomework Assigned: Requirement Category: ...
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Need logic in IMS and DBRC to 'synchronize' the process between IMS and DBRC during termination

When an IMS /CHE FREEZE command was issued the DBRC address space took a S0C1 abend which caused the IMS Control Region to abend with an U0495. My understand is that there is a synchronization issue between the different address spaces within IMS ...
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

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