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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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Use Absolute Generation and Version Numbers for DVM GDG Dataset Validation

The Scenario : Currently for GDG Dataset Validation when creating a Virtual Table in DVM Studio, DVM uses the relative gdg name such as HIGH.LEVEL.QUALIFIER (0) ) rather than using the absolute gdg name such as HIGH.LEVEL.QUALIFIER .G0001V00 . Sec...
8 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Support Silent Switch Installations for DVM Studio, JDBC Drivers and ODBC Drivers

At our site users do not have the option to download and install software on their work computers unless that software has been approved and made available from an internal central software download site. Users do not have administrative rights an...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Limit the amount of data retrieved from Teradata in a DVM SQL Query

Since the SQL LIMIT parameter is not supported in Teradata, DVM-Teradata users need the ability to limit the amount of data retrieved from a query to a Teradata database otherwise the query does not come back, DVM chews up CPU trying to process a ...
about 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Enable use of encrypted passwords to test connections to databases in the DVM JGate Server interface

A successful “Test Connection” must be completed to “Add new relational data source name and connection parameters” using the DVM JDBC Gateway Server interface. To perform the “Test Connection” a valid userid and password with access to the data s...
over 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Add DVM Studio to IBM Installation Manager

We are preparing to license DVM software and implement it across our production systems starting mid-March 2021. Applications are planning initial use of DVM in production starting the end of March 2021 with a full production rollout in June 2021....
about 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

zCEE and DVM using JWT token for authentication

Wile executing a RESTful API that uses a Data Virtualization Manager service, it is resulting with an AVZ7200E abend when a JWT token is used for authentication/authorization. The same API is executed properly with no abend when using Basic Authen...
almost 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

Specify a value for TLSCMD in DVM client when accessing Adabas

When we activate Map Reduce for huge Adabas files, we get an Adabas ERROR 7. To avoid the error we must change the value of TLSCMD that we use regularly for the DB. The regular value we use for TLSCMD is 60 in most of our DBs, in same DBs we use 1...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Provide CDC integration with DVM

Provide the ability for DVM to interface with CDC for both VSAM and IMS data sources. Support a mechanism to keep DVM extracted data up to date to meet SLAs related to data currency.
about 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Refresh all DVM's sharing the same map dataset

In multi-LPAR environments, we will have a single DVM subsystem running across more than one LPAR. When maps are created in DVM, we would want all instances of DVM that are sharing the same map dataset to be refreshed.
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Preserve joins with accessing multiple underlying DVMs in a single SQL statement

I have a SQL statement that joins 3 tables from 1 PEER DVM with a single table from a different PEER DVM. Currently DVM is breaking this statement into 4 separate SQL statements before sending them to Db2. A better approach, when possible would be...
over 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release