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Workspace File Manager for z/OS
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Created on Dec 10, 2025

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Add DFSESL as an option for FMN1POPT in File Manager for IMS

Please add DFSESLn as an option in FMN1POPT. This will add DFSESL as a DD statement when using file manager for IMS in BMP mode. This should be the same format as RESLIBn, allowing multiple different DSN's to be concatenated together. This is a requirement for IMS BMPs to connect to external subsystems including Db2. Having a segment exit that updates Db2 when that IMS segment is updated, without DFSESL the segment cannot be updated. This makes DFSESL a requirement to update those segments. Having multiple different IMS's and external subsystems requires the capability to have different DFSESL based on the IMS subsystem. 

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