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JOBNAME as keyword on command QUEUE

What is IBM’s opinion on making it possible to include jobname as a keyword in the execution of the command QUEUE TRAN (just as jobname is a keyword on the command PSTOP)? For example, currently the possible keywords for the command areQUEUE TRAN ...
4 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Submitted

Wait interval for WFI

What is IBM’s opinion on implementing a “wait interval” for WFI? Example of this functionality in action once implemented: having waited for the GU call to complete for the previously specified “WFI wait interval” (maybe possible to set and change...
4 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Submitted

Support origin based (3270/OTMA) transaction security

Being able to authorize transaction based on origin (OTMA/3270) would help in migration and modernization efforts. Proposal to add additional RACF class to be used in distinguishing between a 3270 transaction and OTMA transaction authorization, or...
4 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Submitted

Being able to protect an IMS TM system from to many BMP checkpoint messages

In an IMS TM only system there is no way to configure the IMS system so it's protected from BMP's that flood the system with checkpoint messages. There is a parameter OPTIONS ISSUE681. That option isn't read by the IMS system when you have an IMS ...
9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Option for TRANSACT PLCTTIME time based on elapsed time (currently CPU time)

Currently PLCTTIME is based on CPU time. However it is hard to transpose CPU time into the real world for transaction timeouts. If there was an option to set PLCTTIME based on elapsed time this could easily be mapped to the expiry time of the tran...
9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Writing IMS type x'99' log records for CDC to an external/separate IMS Log dataset.

WE are currently running a single image of IMS, and have CDC streaming of DB updates enabled to and Enterprise Event Hub. Due to the number of DB's enabled for streaming, the volume of log records written since enabling CDC has significantly incre...
9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Prevent IMS from Stopping when GOLC is not finished

When Global Online Change is running and no commit was done, IMS could be stop by operator (or System Automation) without kwnowing a GOLC is running.If it is the last IMS shutdown, we have for restarting to unlock the OLCSTAT file. To prevent this...
12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

STO REG ALL

If we want to stop manually an IMS, we have to stop each MPP manually by entering STO REG command with the REGID or Jobname. In order to accelerate the process, is it possible to have a command : STO REG ALL like STO TRAN ALL; STOP DB ALL
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

IMS Connect option to close sessions with a FIN at shutdown

At an IMS Connect Shutdown, IMS Connect stops listening on the ports and closes the TCP/IP communication. It is not closing each session and sending a FIN to the front-end devices. we would like a parameter or option that will perform the "clean"...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review

Modification to the TLIM= parameter in message regions to include the flexibility to include PSEUDO abends.

When an IMS message region starts, and the application requires it, it occupies a slot in the Linkage Index Allocation Table. If an abend occurs—whether pseudo or otherwise—and the application (or, in our case, vendor software) does not perform pr...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM Under review