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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IMS Database Manager
Categories Fast Path
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 29, 2014

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DEDB Area Data Set Create Utility (DBFUMRI0) should always format the whole destination ADS

OAE calls DBFUMRI0 to copy Original ADS to Temporary ADS, then copy Temporary ADS back to Extended Original ADS.
Even though Temporary ADS is allocated to 2 volumes, if the primary volume is enough for copy, the candidate volume remains unused and unformatted. When copying back from Temporary ADS to Extended Original ADS, DBFUMRI0 tries to read the second half of Temporary ADS, I/O error occurs because the second half is not formatted as ADS.
DBFUMRI0 should always format the whole destination ADS even though it is allocated on multiple volumes and one or more volumes remains unused. Without this enhancement, OAE cannot extend ADS to 4GB while the DASD type is not 3390 model 9.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 5, 2019

    Hi,
    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS's lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    At this time, after reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, we have decided to reject it. The reason we are rejecting RFE 56696 is because its not strategic. This is for OAE...We think DBFUMRI0 is correct to only format what DBD specifies.

    We appreciate your input to IMS, and we hope that you will continue to submit ideas for improvements as customer feedback is a key component to shaping the future direction of IMS.

    Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    Deepak Kohli - deepakk@us.ibm.com

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