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Status Delivered
Categories DLI
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 21, 2017

Enable support for OSGI Type 2 for the IMS DL1 driver to work with CICS

Ability to run, batch, realtime and CICS transactions using Java with IMS DL1 driver. Customer wants flexibility to run both OSGI and Liberty JVMs, depending on functionality to ensure quickest performance. They primarily use Type 2, but would use type 4, if overall peformance and MIPS reduction was better

Idea priority High
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    Oct 25, 2017

    Hi Joan Reester,

    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product.

    We are happy to notify you that the RFE 87860 has been delivered in IMS 15 as well as for IMS 14 with APAR PI82836.

    Thanks again for your continuous support for IMS.
    Haley Fung - hfung@us.ibm.com