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IMS Transaction Manager

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Adjust program mask to Java expectations around IMS calls to Java

When control is "in IMS" and an exception takes place, LE terminates the enclave with a U4036-1 without any recovery attempts as would normally be the case. Specifically, when IMS calls Java, the program mask should be as expected by Java--that is...
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

field containing CVTSNAME in log record x'56FA'

we need a new field in record x'56FA'.this field should contain value CVTSNAME (euqal to field ST4500_OSNAME in record x'4500')
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

Expiration of Output Messages

Currently input messages to transactions can be expired with the use of EXPRTIME.Output messages have no such option to expire old messages. Having the option to expire old output messages, either globally or for specific Lterms or Tpipes, would b...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 0 Not under consideration

Parallel TPIPE support for IMS TM RA

Problem:Currently when defining an ActivationSpec for an IMS Callout MDB it is only possible to specify the same TPIPE once, although IMS V14 supports multiple Resume TPIPEs to a single TPIPE, which are then served in round robin fashion.So curren...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Function to expire a transaction during execution

The current transaction expiry feature for full function transactions uses the in-queue time to decide whether to process the transaction or not. Once the transaction starts executing there is the PROCLIM value to specify a CPU limit, but no oppor...
about 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

ICON TM RA implement auto affinity for IMS Sync Callout Response

The docs say, that the IMS Callout Response needs to be sent to the originating IMS. It is very difficult to ensure this with Dynamic VIPA and 4 shared queues Members.Customer requests, that HWSJAVA0 IMS Connect exit sends the originating Datastor...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Translate Authorization ID in IMS MPP

Translate Authorization ID into another before calling Stored Procedure in DB2
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

kill transactions based on elapsed time

Provide a way for IMS to automatically timeout transactions based on the total time elapsed from the transaction first being queued.
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

PROCLIM and CPU time

Currently, the cpu time is calculated for each schedule but not for each transaction. For example, if I choose a PROCLIM(5,1), the limit will be 5 x 1 = 5s for the schedule. So IMS stop the schedule if it reaches this limit. But, not necessary if ...
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Add SYNC point call to DFSMSCE0

Enhance IMS and exit DFSMSCE0 to be called at transaction sync point and include fields (like flags to indicate sync point type and application program characteristics) to determine the status of application termination. Also, Include when IMS iss...
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

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