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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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Support retrieval of data from IMS Secondary Index using DVM IMS Direct

We have in-house applications that stores data in an IMS Secondary Index database. The application would like to use DVM to retrieve data from their IMS INDEX DB. Currently in DVM V1.1.0 using IMS-Direct on an IMS Index is not supported. Applicati...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Server Trace profile values should be tied to a specific subsystem

While in the ISPF Server Trace, I can set profile values in order to limit the number of records being viewed. These profiles should be specific to the subsystem that I am currently connected to instead of a global variable that applies to the ISP...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Return sql warning when zero/spaces are returned for invalid values in host files.

DVM allows us to turn on parameters like SQLENGIVZERO and SQLENGDFSHRC to handle situations where the underlying record contains invalid values or is shorter than the table structure. In cases where DVM converts values under the covers, a warning ...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0

Add support for a procedural language within DVM

Currently all logic within DVM is encapsulated with the SQL statements. This limits the amount of logic that can be handled within DVM and forces us to potentially make multiple distributed calls to DVM to complete one unit of work. By adding (or ...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Targeted Refresh for z/OS Connect server

Currently, when implementing web services, the final step is to refresh z/OS Connect. The refresh will make available all web services that have been added to DVM regardless of whether the supporting area want them to be available. For example, ar...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect Refresh during import

Currently, when new web services are added, z/OS Connect must be refreshed to recognize the existence of a new operation or group of operations. The refresh must be done by issuing a REST call to /dvs?Refresh. Ideally, there should be a way to inc...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support SP calls using DVM DRDA

The customer is migrating from Shadow to DVM and found out the hard way that SP calls are not supported under DRDA. Switching all the SP calls to RRS is not acceptable due to overhead and non zIIP eligibility.
about 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow JGate to run X wide on a highly available env w/op the need to manually configure each instance

We have the need to run several instances of JGate on separate LPARs on the same plex and configure DVM to load balance between the instances on order to handle situations where one LPAR goes down. Currently, these instances are completely separat...
about 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Data Migration using DVM - Migration of any data source to RDBMS .

In present world, there are N number of systems running in Mainframes, especially IMS DB, ADABAS, VSAM datasets. When an enterprise is needy to move the data present in above sources into a DB2 Data source to support their modern applications usin...
about 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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