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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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Multiple IMS connection support by DVM

Currently, one DVM server can connect to single IMSsubsystem only. Therefore, when multiple IMS subsystems exist in 1 LPAR, we must configure multiple DVM servers for each IMS subsystem to access data in all IMS subsystems.If DVM can support conne...
about 14 hours ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Submitted

Multiple TCPIP stack support by DVM

Currently, one DVM server can support single TCPIP stackonly. Therefore, when multiple TCPIP stacks exist in 1 LPAR, we must configure multiple DVM servers for each TCPIP stack to use all network connections.If DVM can support multiple TCPIP stack...
about 14 hours ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Submitted

DVM JDBC Gateway official documentation missing

The official DVM documentation does not provide the necessary steps to configure the DataSource connection configuration on JDBC Gateway using SSL and Kerberos on z/OS LPAR. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dvm/1.1.0?topic=ssl-enabling-support https://...
4 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

JDBC Gateway import uses /tmp

On JGate the export and Import of Personal Data and Repositories and JDBC Library is an activity that needs to be done for several reasons. When importing the settings.zip file a fileuplaod* directory is created in tmp, this has caused space short...
about 2 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Allow the configuration of multiple users to access JDBC Gateway administrative console

As stated https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7124613 currently there is no option available to configure multiple users to access the JDBC Gateway administrative console.Only a single user (web client) can access the JDBC Gateway administrativ...
5 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Virtual Table Name should be longer than 50 characters.

When creating Virtual tables we decided as standard to maintain the default Target Virtual Table Name that is build as follow: ConncectionName_Schema_Tablename In some cases this turns out to be longer than 50 chars. and when trying to create it s...
3 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Oracle stored procedure support with DRDA-passthrough

We need to have support for Oracle Stored procedure and sequence using DRDA-passthrough. At the moment we have programs running on z/Os that are using Oracle client that is out of support and will no longer be working with the latest Oracle releas...
about 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

JDBC gateway managment and installation improvements

We have segregation of duties in our environment and very strict use of super user authority. Who install the product, install it using a specific RACF group. The start/stop of the JDBC process will be given by the userid of the automation tool, o...

Export/Import from JDBC gateway file location

From JDBC gateway administrative console Selecting file > export The export of the Personal Data Sources has a pre-defined path (on server) that is not changeable and indicates the installation path by default. While the export of Repositories ...

Identify Adabas return code by DVM

The DVM enhancement to pass the ADABAS TLSCMD parm overridee works as designed and we can see it being passed to Adabas. If the value of the ADABASCMDTIMELIMIT parameter exceeds the maximum allowed by Adabas, it gives us the error RC=7, an error d...
about 1 month ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Under review