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IMS Enterprise Suite

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Ability to control which version of IMS Explorer can connect to a IMS system

We would like the ability to control what IMS Explorer Releases our installation considers valid to connect to a IMS System. We would also like a way to send IMS Explorer users as brief notification at connect time.
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Global Transaction Support needed for .NET ODBM Development

We would like the .NET ODBM capability to be able to handle both LOCAL and GLOBAL transaction processing just as the JAVA IMS Universal Drivers offer both capabilities.
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

Nested WSDL for IMS SOAP Gateway

Customer needs to map, generate and deploy a callout WebService into IMS Soap Gateway.Usually he imports WSDL and COBOL copybook into RDz, do mapping, generate artefacts and finally deploy into soap gateway.Customer needs to use a WSDL that import...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Support usage of RACF for certificates

Support usage of RACF (or more generically, SAF) for certificates.
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL

All pertinent logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL. That allows easily looking at the log associated with a particular execution of the started task. Users that want to write to a file system can still point to a filesystem while us...
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

All SOAP Gateway configuration files should be in the system default code page

All configuration files should support being in the system default code page, including but not limited to properties files, XML, WSDL, logs, bundles, etc
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP should write WTOs

Make SOAP Gateway enterprise ready by having error messages generate a WTO. This allows automation products, like SAOS390, to be able to take actions like trying to fix the problem or to alert a human. Similarly, any time an error has been resolve...
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway should support an IMSplex

Support an IMSplex with multiple SOAP Gateways with minimal duplication. Currently, it appears that I can have one SMP/E environment and one IM environment, but need to create a new Installation Kit for each instance of the STC that I want to run....
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Either use SMP/E or Installation Manager, not one to install the other

Either use SMP/E or Installation Manager, not one to install the other. And if the decision is to be to not use the standard z/OS software installer (SMP/E), then support 100% of the capabilities of the current software installer, such as support ...
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Use the Java already installed on the system

Support particular versions of Java, such as 7.0 31bit, or 6.0.1 64bit, etc, and as such, allow the use of the instance of Java already installed in the system.
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

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