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IMS System Services

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Add a LOCATE and FIND facilities to Syntax Checker

Since DFSPBxxx with the last IMS Versions has become a quite big Memeber, not always easy to navigate into, the availability of LOCATE and FIND funtions would help i.e. in finding a specific parameter. - Please change the visibility of this RFE to...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Message in CTL region indicating that 64-bit log buffers have successfylly been enabled.

After the 64-bit log buffers (BUFSTOR=64) have been enabled there should be a message written in the CTL region indicating that the buffer has successfully been enabled in a similar way that is done for the FPBP64.It would be beneficial if the val...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

allowing limiting access on commands to individual TRANs and PGMs

Allow extra granularity for controlling and granting access to a group or individual to issues commands against specific transactions or programs, potentially by the program or transaction name to a RACF profile name.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

Move EPCB and CSAPSB Pool above the 64-bit bar

Mizuho-bank is now designing new account system and experiencing ECSA shortage.The main contributing factors are EPCB and CSAPSB pools, despite the efforts of IMS technical team to shrink each PSB size (cutting off the DBPCBs) and reduce IFP regio...
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

Enhance DFSDASP0 to not suppress messages when it issues the RACF AUTH call (when ODBASE=Y)

It was determined that we will rely on APSB security checking to control access for applications using the DVM product to access IMS data. This is working as expected. However, we are only getting the following in our system log:DFS2855A APSB SECU...
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Future consideration

Add Maintenance Level on the WTO

Could yo add the maintenance level to the to the WTO on the release level. As follows: IMS SYSTEM PARAMETERS ACTIVE FOR THIS V14.1 RSUxxxx (RSU2010) .
almost 5 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

CQS display commands should show also the EMC usage

Commands /CQQ STATISTICS STRUCTURE ALL and QRY STRUCTURE SHOW(ALL) should show also the number of allocated and currently used EMC in a way similar to the one used in the output of message IXC585E :*IXC585E STRUCTURE DFSCQSMSGQSP IN COUPLING FACIL...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

DB/DC vs. DCCTL CSA storage comparisons

The usage of resources like CSA is expected to be different between IMS in a DB/DC configuration and IMS in a DCCTL configuration. Analysis proved that some "DB" modules are currently (IMS V14) loaded also in a DCCTL environment even if not requir...
about 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization

Externalize the DFSDFxxx PROCLIB values at IMS initialization. Currently the FastPath section of DFSDFxxx member is externalized when IMS starts, but we would like the ability to view the remainder of the parameters, to identify what was used at I...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Change panel CSLUPAA (SPOC) to support wider screen sizes.

This deficiency locks the user into a *x80 form factor even when using a wider screen sizes. This causes the user to waste time scrolling left and right in a very narrow window. I can supply an alternative version of the CSLUPAA panel that support...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

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