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Optim Test Data Management

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OPTIM/HPU INTERFACE CHANGE TO ALLOW USE OF MULTIPLE IMAGE-COPY DATASETS

This is an enhancement request for OPTIM TDM for z/OS (FMID HAEYB70). OPTIM TDM/DP currently allows users to inform only one image-copy dataset (taken in another DB2 subsystem) in the process of extracting and converting data. In our environment w...
over 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Missing pdf docs for Optim TestData Management 11.7

No pdf-documentation is actually available
almost 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Not under consideration

Optim TDM 11.7 for DB2 on z/OS - Overrides for both, SRCCID and DESTCID in Table Maps

Hello IBM, We use Optim TDM extensively for setting up Test Data by extracting from Live and inserting into different UAT environments. Instead of generating the jobs each time a request comes, we have a set of batch jobs that are run when a reque...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration

Infosphere Optim TDM - Function CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4 missing for LUW

Short problem description: "CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4". There is a option in Optim for z/OS reguarding conversion error. From the manual. CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4 Option to enforce how the return code is set when conversion errors are detected or rows ar...
about 4 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Not under consideration

Oracle UROWID support

No description provided
over 6 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Not under consideration

Optim zOS zIIP eligibilit...

No description provided
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Not under consideration

Database connection drops during the OPTIM load process

The Optim load request process has 2 steps. 1) Convert the Optim extract file to native loader ready files 2) Trigger the native DB load process Optim initially makes a DB connection at the start of the load process. When the file convert process ...
6 months ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Optim zOS: Support for IMS DB (Insert) where segments have exit routines with DB2 statements

Opitm zOS - We have IMS DBs of which some segments have exit routines that have DB2 statements - Purpose of these exit routines is to keep IMS segment data in sync with DB2 tables (when a Insert / Update / Delete happens on a record in the IMS seg...
over 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration

Add support for native Aziure Databases - Cosmos

Many companies have slowly implemented a hybrid cloud architecture. I am the lead TDM engineer at GM and we have no solution for native azure db's - Cosmo
over 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

64-bit support on Linux

Please enable 64-bit processing for Optim on Linux. Our consumers are forced to use Windows servers because of the 32-bit restriction on Linux.
almost 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration