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Please certify the product IBM Data Replication IMS for z/OS Remote Source to run on zCX and/or Red Hat Openshift

We’ve achieved excellent results with the Db2 for Remote Source product, as it has significantly reduced CPU usage on the mainframe—an area where traditional data replication has historically been one of the top resource consumers. With the introd...
about 2 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Data Replication for IMS for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Better search facility for filters in Informix-HQ. Like a negation NOT operator.

At the terminal, I can type onstat -u to see all sessions (actually, threads). And if I want to see sessions owned by by user jake, I would type onstat -u | grep jake . Switching to InformixHQ, selecting [Server]/[Performance]/[Sessions] I can see...
about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

Introduce Named Variables on Informix .NET Core

Named variables is a feature that is widely used by developers (specially those who use .NET Technologies) where they nominate a parameter, set him some value and them execute a SQL Statement passing the named variable as a filter.
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

Make Informix .NET Core work with DRDA Protocol

The main idea of this request is: today Informix .NET Core needs ODBC from OS. Using DRDA protocol, Informix .NET Core doesn't has any ODBC dependency, which makes easy the development for applications specially when these applications were built ...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Support TimeSeries Data Type on Informix .NET Core

Microsoft .NET Core is the 5th Programming Language around the world. We have several projects where we gonna use Informix Time Series with C# language. Would be great if Informix .NET Core support timeseries data type.
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Include Push Data APIs (like Informix JDBC APIs) on Informix .NET Core

Microsoft .NET framework is widely used over the world to build commercial applications. This request is to include APIs on Informix .NET Core make it able to work with Informix ER Push Data and Informix Smart Triggers.
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Add migrations feature on Informix .NET Core

In real world projects, data models change as features get implemented: new entities or properties are added and removed, and database schemas need to be changed accordingly to be kept in sync with the application. The migrations feature in EF Cor...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

CHCCLP - Return Code Handling in Mainframe and LUW platform

Provide return codes for individual CHCCLP instructions and add features to CHCCLP script to evaluate return code (e.g., if...then...else...) before proceeding with subsequent instructions. Additionally, include an option to set return codes back ...
4 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 2 Future consideration

Capture DB segment replace calls which actual data is not updated.

Our client (Fukuoka Financial Group) is currently using Dprop(IMS DataPropagater for z/OS) for creating Data Warehouse. Dprop captures replace calls and writes to PRDS(Propagation Request Data Set) even when DB segment was not actually updated. Cl...
about 3 years ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

CCDC replication should be restarted when an unexpected error occurs.

We are suffering with an issue where CCDC replication stops for unknown reasons. It has been almost two years since we opened the case TS014238021, but we still don't know the cause. An APAR PH65595 has been opened for this issue, but no PTF has b...
5 months ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 0 Under review