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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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Ability to link DVM subsystem with z/OS Connect Service Provider in Preferences

Within DVM Studio, we are able to add multiple z/OS Connect Service Providers in the preferences section. When refreshing or executing the web services, the top entry is always used. If DVM cannot dynamically determine which z/OS Connect server is...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow for a single DVM subsystem to connect to multiple IMS subsystems.

Currently DBCTL access to IMS requires that an IMSID be provided in the DVM configuration file. This parameter is limited to a single value and therefore a DVM subsystem must be created for each IMS subsystem. In a single test environment, we coul...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow a DVM access method that will prompt the user for a password when accessing JGate resources

Data sources that are accessed via JGate will have a non-RACF security mechanism. We will use ICSF rules to map application ID's and User Groups to the appropriate credentials for accessing JGate, but we cannot use this same approach for individua...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enable instances of a virtual table using a PSB/PCB using a PROCSEQ to use an alternate index (non-root)

Per IBM instances of a virtual table using a PSB/PCB using a PROCSEQ to use an alternate index are only supported for indexes on the ROOT segment. This severely impacts performance for DVM access to IMS data which performs well via IMS using secon...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Support for AES_256 ciphers in DVM Studio secure connections

Currently with DVM Studio v1.1.53 it is not possible to establish a secure TLSv1.2 connection to the z/OS DVM server using AES_256 ciphers. Attempts to connect securely using an AES_256 cipher result in the following error: An error occurred while...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add Updatetimestamp column to DVM virtual map table SQLENG.TABLES

Add updatetimestamp column to SQLENG.TABLES in DVM.
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Delete a virtual table by JCL

With DVM studio, it's possible of delete the virtuals tables but the time of delete is long. Sometimes I need to drop multiple virtual tables and this operation it’s not possible with studio (I wait one hour). Can you create an option to delete th...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

NEVER fall back to IMS DBCTL when SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct

We have a requirement to restrict access to IMS Direct only. Users should not have access to IMS Online. In DVM when an SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct DVM directs the SQL to IMS Online despite IMS Online not being enabled in DVM. There is no o...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Converting ZCEE WOLA to ZCEE JVM

Currently the connection between zCEE and DVM is over WOLA. This setup requires a 1:1 zCEE server for each DVM subsystem that needs to expose web services. We would like to see an alternative interface added that would allow multiple DVMs to be se...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Consistently handle unsupported Db2 datatypes when creating Virtual tables

When creating a Vitural Table for Db2 BLOB and CLOB with traditional access, the wizard prompts that these columns will be omitted. Executing selects against the created VT is successful. If direct access to Db2 is chosen, the same prompts occur, ...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration