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Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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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, ...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enable migration of REST service at Operation level

We are using DVM REST Service to implement online applications. The business applications are grouped by functionality in various REST Services. Within each application, specific rules are implemented as DVM REST Operation. Application developers ...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Use RACF resource to control access to DVM JDBC Gateway Server databases

Currently USERID and PASSWORD info needs to be updated and maintained in the DVM AVZDRATH job in order for DVM users to access different DRDA databases. The AVZDRATH job needs to be updated monthly whenever a user’s password changes or when a user...
about 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Cognos connector for DVM

Is Cognos connector for DVM on the Cognos roadmap? If yes, what is the ETA? Associate with Service Request TS014308997
6 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IDMS in Update

The Scenario: We can use DVM to access data in retrieval but we need an other solution to update the IDMS database. The Problem: It’s not possible to update IDMS databases. Current workarounds: Currently we need to develop Z/OS Connect API and COB...
12 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow third party Service Providers interface to set System of Record Data

Customers of monitoring products like OMEGAMON for JVM want to be able to monitor API connections to third party service providers like DVM. The public third party Service Provider interface does populate any of the So fields for SMF or intercepto...
about 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

NEVER fall back to IMS DBCTL when SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct

We have a requirement to restrict access to IMS Direct only. Users should not have access to IMS Online. In DVM when an SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct DVM directs the SQL to IMS Online despite IMS Online not being enabled in DVM. There is no o...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Converting ZCEE WOLA to ZCEE JVM

Currently the connection between zCEE and DVM is over WOLA. This setup requires a 1:1 zCEE server for each DVM subsystem that needs to expose web services. We would like to see an alternative interface added that would allow multiple DVMs to be se...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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