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IMS System Services

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    Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

    An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
    9 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Future consideration

    IMS Catalog: Enhance Library Builder Utility to generate source for an ACB version

    This goes hand in hand with IMSSS-I-312] . IMS Catalog stores versions of ACBs. There is a Library Builder Utility that can generate the source for the ACBs. This should be enhanced to generate source for ACB versions so that it would allow for fa...
    4 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    IMS Catalog should support ACB update restore to old version

    The catalog can keep x days or x number of ACBs and thus these can be used to backout an ACB change. But there is no way of activating an old ACB from catalog and updating the Directory with the details of the restored or old ACB. This would allow...
    4 days ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Submitted

    ESAF-Connection-Pooling in DSNMIN20 should be configurable

    The current implementation of DSNMIN20 includes a fixed table with 50 table spaces for pooling ESAF connections. This fixed size is very rigid and inflexible.It would be much more flexible if the upper limit for the connections were configurable. ...
    3 months ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Under review

    Maintain Global Information for IMS Programs

    Please add support to maintain IMS program global status in RM, similar to the current support for transactions, databases and database areas, GSTSTRAN, GSTSDB and GSTSAREA. Support for programs with GSTSPGM would allow stopping and starting progr...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Future consideration

    Add global option support for STA, STO and PST TRAN commands.

    Enabling PLEXPARM for IMS transactions allows setting a global status for IMS AREAS, DBS and TRANS. However for transactions the only way to set this is via the update transaction command. IMS RACF OPERCMDS settings cannot be configured for to all...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

    IMS ABEND at IRLM ABEND in non-XRF and non-FDBR IMS

    In case of IRLM abend, IMS closes and stops all opened DBs and DEDB areas. It takes a while to close and stop these databases, therefore certain period of time is needed to recover from the outage.For XRF and FDBR enabled IMS, there is an APAR to ...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

    Limit IRLM lock timeout function only to IFP regions

    In Japan, most of the bank customers use application framework called SAIL which is a GBS Japan's asset, running in their production core banking systems. It runs as MPP for SAIL control regions and IFP for application regions under control of SAI...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

    IMS - DB2 bind under PWFI TRAN

    When Appl make Db2 BIND used by PWFI regions IMs have to bring down all IMS regions. Please allow to pause to BIND to PWFI regions without bring down IMS regions
    7 months ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Under review

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