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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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ODBC UDC support for Big5 and Unicode

We have User Defined Character for codepage 937 and we need ODBC of DVM to provide codepage conversion to Big5 and Unicode for UDC .
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Possibility work with UNICODE fields for ADABAS data source

I provide more details later.
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Eliminate the need to STEPLIB SAVZLOAD

Currently the SAVZLOAD dataset is must be STEPLIB'd in: Our DVM procedures WLM environments where UDTF's are being used DSCLient jobs Internal issuance processing We are unable to add SAVZLOAD to LINKLIST since it is automatically added to LLA whi...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Utilize IMS Catalog when creating virtual tables

Per IBM direction, we are currently working towards fully populating the IMS catalog. This catalog could be used in a similar manner to the Db2 catalog when creating DVM virtual tables. Instead of providing the DBD, PSB and copybooks when creating...
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Support for columns with names longer than 30 characters

DVM currently fails when attempting to create virtual tables over source tables with column names longer than 30 characters. DBMS's including Postgres, Oracle and DB2 LUW allow for longer column names.
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support for TIBCO

See the attached
about 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow Logon to JDBC Gateway Console via RACF group instead of shared credentials

Currently the logon to each JGate console is via a single id/pw. These credentials must be shared by the support team which is not a best practice. When team members leave, all passwords must be changed (if that's even possible). If changing the p...
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Ability to refresh a single Map and not the entire Maplib in batch

Modify the AVZMREFB REXX to allow for the refresh of a single VSAM MAP and not the entire Maplib. When controlling the refresh of VSAM maps in a batch environment where the VSAM files are reloaded frequently there is the need to control the refres...
about 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Ability to identify PREPARE statement in SQL SEF rule

We would like to implement a SQL rule preventing SELECT * statements without a WHERE or LIMIT clause. Our rule works great, but is also activated when a new VT is created over a Db2 table. The engine also generate a SELECT * PREPARE statement. We ...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Migrate GLOBALS (GLOBALU) using a batch interface

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over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration