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IMS System Services

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Prevent IMS abend U0904 during MFS online change

During the /MODIFY COMMIT of a FMTLIB type online change, if IMS detects an invalid entry in the directory of the new FORMAT library it will abend with U0904. The invalid directory could be caused by mistakenly linking a load module into the libra...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 7 Delivered

Allow a Global Transaction to be spread across multiple IMS Connect and IMS Control region on different LPAR.

Currently a distributed two-phase commit global transaction that involves IMS Connect has the restriction that IMS Connect and IMS have to be on the same LPAR. To clarify this restriction, IMS Connect and the IMS that receives the input msg must b...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 5 Delivered

Cleanup of Disconnected OTMA Clients.

OTMA can have a maximum number of 255 clients after which new connections are rejected. The count includes also NOT DEFINED DISCONNECTED clients. Based on the actual design an IMS COLD start is needed to clean up those clients.This allows clients ...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Delivered

Set IMS Fast Path NBA/OBA Default Values

I would like to have IBM provide an IMS level default value for Fast Path NBA/OBA parameter. A couple of years ago we added some new Fast Path DEDB SDEP databases to IMS to be used by the applications for logging. These databases needed to be upda...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Delivered

Convert existing PSB/DBD to DDL statements in batch

Batch utility to convert members in PSBLIB and DBDLIB to DDL statements.
about 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Delivered

"Socket Listening Redesign" for DataPower mediated IMS ICAL callouts required for IMS and IMS Connect V12

Please provide the "Socket Listening Redesign" fix pack packaged such that this would be install-able for IMS V12 and IMS Connect V12
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Delivered

Allow IMS to start CSL tasks if not started even with RMENV=Y

When CSL is enabled, IMS wait for CSL tasks if they are not started. When RMENV=N, than we can tell IMS to start SCI and OM when not started via the proc name. IMS should still be able to start both SCI and OM when RMENV=Y is specified, but we sho...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Delivered

Support for RACF statistics / daily statistics for JDBC calls ( IMS Connect and ODBM)

System: IMS Connect / ODBMActor: User needing new feature We need a function that every time a user logs onto the System, RACF will update the "last - access" date and time in the Users profile. RACF needs this information to enforce password chan...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Delivered

Flag in X'07' or X'08' log records for PARDLI=

Please add a flag/bit to the IMS X'07' and/or X'08' log records that would indicate the PARDLI= setting the dependent region ran with.
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Delivered

DRD Exit equivalent to DFSINSX0 to insert BMP PDIR for scheduling

DRD Exit equivalent to DFSINSX0 to insert BMP PDIR for scheduling.
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Delivered

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