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IMS Transaction Manager

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Add details to the message DFS2082 RESPONSE MODE TRANSACTION TERMINATED WITHOUT REPLY

The IMS message ?DFS2082 RESPONSE MODE TRANSACTION TERMINATED WITHOUT REPLY? is sent when a transaction defined a 'response mode' has not generated a reply. So, to avoid keeping the terminal waiting for an answer the IMS sends this message when th...
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 2 Not under consideration

IMS Connect needs to retry automatic reconnection to IMS

Whenever IMS Connect disconnects from IMS due to some external issue it doesn´t automatically reconnect back and it generates the error message DFS5386I. We need a solution to IMS Connect to quickly reconnect to IMS and avoid system unavailability.
almost 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Front End Switch is not supported for the IMS ISC over TCP/IP facility

Paul Lam of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in Toronto has indicated a need to have IMS using ISC over TCP/IP to support the Front End Switch Feature. In IMS Version 13 and CICS TS Version 5.1 this facility is not supported.
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 1 Not under consideration

MQSeries MQMD data available using an IMS INQY call.

If possible we prefer to connect our MQ Series clients using OTMA, since this solution is more scalable. To minimize allocation of IMS resources, we have made it possible to run these applications in an asyncronous way. Our challenge is to be able...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

reopen of ID: 109777

My understanding was that IBM was now going to work on developing a change to address ID: 109777 , RCT ID: 89883 , other ID: 105737 but have not seen any update to it regarding this statue change. I also added a new comment as base on further read...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

IMS

When you want to serialize temporarily a transaction, you can for example change the parlim of the transaction and set it to "none"To do that, you have to enter the following command :/[Deleted] PARLIM 65535 TO TRAN xxxThis is not "natural"Could t...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

Reduce workload of page fix of IMS DRA FP buffers

We use IMS V13. We plan to use IBM InfoSphere Data Replication for IMS to replicate DEDB updates from Main system to Stand-In system and vice versa. We will use bi-directional replication while Stand-In system is providing services. Apply server u...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

Allow restarting IMS Batch under a different control region

Provide a mechanism to checkpoint restart BMPs and the like under a different control region in the IMSplex
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 3 Not under consideration

Message-driven scheduling of IMS BMP/JBP regions

Actually IMS allows no efficient processing of bulk workloads that are hitting the system at unpredictable points in time. When houndreds or thousands of messages for a specific IMS program have to be processed at a point in time batch processing ...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

IMS Quiesce Type-2 coomand. Be able to route the command to a specific IMS Region while defined in IMS PLEX.

When IMS Type-2 QUIESCE command was attempted on a non-sharing IMS system. and supposed to be for specific region - the QUIESCE command was routed to ALL members of the PLEX.
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration