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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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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...
6 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

JDBC gateway change of mount point

During unmounting the zfs and remounting it on to another path we have lost Data sources, we would like this to not happen.
9 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Enable DVM Access through Visual Studio Code

The Scenario: Currently we use Visual Studio Code for all development activities. Visual Studio Code acts as a single workstation. It is rich in libraries and plugins for distributed environments and Cloud environments. By using the ZOWE plug in, ...
about 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Impossibility to close the previously opened session in the Administrative Console

The client claims that if they go outside the Administrative console without logout, to log in again, they have to wait for the logout timeout because the system does not allow them to close the previous session.
8 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Is a defect

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...
5 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Offer a Hibernate SQL Dialect for Adabas

Hibernate is a famous and very extended persistence development framework in Java community.It includes what is called SQL Dialect for different DDBB providers to create correct SQL statements from Java code. We missed Adabas one, and when using "...
3 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Under review

Suppressing RACF messages and security error messages for internal metadata calls triggered by DVM Studio

A new DVM server parameter will be added to suppress the RACF log messages and SMF recording for internal DVM calls. This new approach is to redesign the way to handle both the security error messages for internal metadata calls triggered by DVM S...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Is a defect

VS Code Extension for IBM Data Virtualization Manager

Recently , there is a wide adoption of VS Code IDE among the developer community , a VS Code extension of IBM DVM with all the functions as similar to DVM Studio.
4 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Under review

Modernizing ADABAS: Optimizing INSERT into Adabas Virtual Tables

One of the key points in a modernization project for a site with Adabas is to “normalize” Adabas Data Model. DVM offers a normalized Data Model for any Adabas file, converting MU/PE fields into auxiliary Tables. This normalization has a cost: you ...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

JDBC Connection configuration of the JDBC Gateway via Wizard

The customer would be more facilitated through Wizards, which would help him direct the valorization of any parameters such as (TrustStorePath, and TrustStorePassword) to a specialist, based on guided examples that make it clear what he wants to a...
8 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Is a defect