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Status Planned for future release
Workspace IMS Database Reorganization Expert for z/OS 
Categories Product functionality
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 21, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Configurable timeout and improved handling for DB sensor IMS calls during ORF processing

During high system activity, IMS Database Reorganization Expert (ORF) jobs may fail due to a fixed 30‑second timeout in the DB sensor module when issuing IMS calls (e.g. during CRSS processing).

In real production scenarios (large environments, frequent IMS cycling, heavy load), IMS responses may legitimately exceed this hard-coded timeout, causing ORF jobs to fail with connection or timeout-related errors (e.g. BBECRAPI), even though IMS itself is healthy.

The IMS Database Reorganization Expert should handle IMS response delays during high system activity in a more resilient and configurable way.

Preferred behavior includes:

Configurable IMS call timeout

  • Externalize the DB sensor IMS call timeout (currently fixed at 30 seconds).
  • Allow configuration via parameter, profile option, or environment setting so customers can tune it based on system size and workload.

Adaptive or retry-based handling

  • If an IMS call times out due to system load, automatically retry the request a limited number of times before failing the job.
  • Introduce controlled backoff or wait logic instead of immediate failure.
Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Jonathan Howells
    May 23, 2026

    This Idea has been accepted with a tentative delivery date of August 2026

    Reply
  • Guest
    Apr 21, 2026

    Make it so

    Reply
  • Guest
    Apr 21, 2026

    This is a great idea!  Why has no one thought of this before?

    1 reply

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