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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

DVM ACI Request-Level UOW Visibility

DVM ACI EXCI environments lack a built-in way to identify individual request/UOW boundaries for operational monitoring and performance analysis. IBM support confirmed that DVM ACI does not issue CICS SYNCPOINTs and currently recommends application...
1 day ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Submitted

Transaction support for BMC IAM Files in Data Virtualization Manager

Currently DVM does not support managing transactions against native IAM files unless the IAM files are accessed through the DVM CICS interface. Ability to control commit and rollback frequency with IAM files and DVM without requiring CICS may be i...
19 days ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Submitted

DVM: Limit number of active user JDBC connections, and queue excessive connections

Problem: We are having an issue when a user is issuing multiple SQL queries in batch at the same time to DVM server, using jdbc connection, which is resulting in storage shortage errors, and failure of the query. Workaround: IBM support has provid...
27 days ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Under review

DVM: new parameter which allows customer to chose if they get Client LAN id or TSO user id in QWHCEUID field

Most DB2 connection types reflect the TSO User ID in QWHCEUID.DVM Studio is an exception, it shows LAN ID in QWHCEUID. Allowing change RACF in this field, will allow for consistency in reporting user id across different DB2 connection types.
about 1 month ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Under review

Support DBCS characters in VT and VV Creation

Currently, DBCS support is limited to result retrieval and data insertion. DBCS characters are not supported during VT/VV creation.In Japanese customer environments, business data frequently contains DBCS characters such as customer names, address...
2 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Under review

Filter by date to view reports from the DVM catalog

To generate the volume reports requested by the GISS management (number of objects created—Virtual Tables, Virtual Views, etc.—within each schema in each production LPAR), we need to obtain the table name, table owner, and table creation date for ...
6 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Under review

Improve SMF data for DVM Outbound

Currently DVM Outbound provides very limited SMF data. We would like to see details similar to that captured for DVM Inbound, specifically raw bytes transferred. Also, for CICS processes it currently only captures the CICS region where the call to...
8 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Future consideration

Improve SMF data for Inbound ACI

Currently DVM Inbound ACI calls produce SMF details that show the CICS region where the call is being processed. We need to know the CICS transaction name in order to assign usage by specific application area.
8 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Future consideration

Please correct to execute a complete search if the primary key of IMS-DB is specified in || (concatination).

When executing SQL, a complete search is not performed but a search of all counts is performed if the primary key of IMS-DB is specified in || (concatination). This is poor performance to use DVM.Please correct to execute a complete search even if...
about 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Future consideration

DVM JGATE - JDBCGatewaySetup11.jar - Allow Special Characters in Password

Problem: Following the instructions on: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dvm/1.1.0?topic=installing-jdbc-gateway, After issuing the command: "java -jar JDBCGatewaySetup11.jar", When prompted for password: "Set password for JDBC Gateway Admin page:", We...
about 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS Future consideration