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IMS Enterprise Suite

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Eliminate the requirement of the converter module name and alias

Eliminate the requirement of the converter module ending in D with an alias ending in X; instead allow arbitrary program names
over 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
over 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 ...
over 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....
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Return SOAP Header with trace information

This requirement has been submitted as MR1108126333. IMS region information as an exception trace is not available to the requestor in a Web Services environment. There should be the option to return this information to the caller through a SOAP h...
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Dedicated port for SOAP request and MU utilities

This requirement has been submitted as MR0517115255. Currently the SOAP Gateway receives SOAP requests over a certain port (in CS port 18000). The management utility Iogmgmt, the SOAP Gateway Administrative Console and also commands entered from t...
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway should be able to support WS-Security Usertokens for IMS Callout

Customer would like to be able to invoke a webservice from an IMS Application (ICAL) with WS-Security using Usertokens (with userid/password) incorporated within the SOAP header as per the ws-security standard model
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 2 Not under consideration

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