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REORG PREFORMAT of 1 TB page set should be interruptable

With PH64760 one can create 1TB page sets in one step. If one runs a REORG PREFORMAT on such large objects, the Media Manager Preformat task is not interruptable. Such a size of 1TB needs ~1.5hours to preformat the page set. In the meanwhile neith...
8 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CHECK utility SHRLEVEL CHANGE with less dataset privileges

To run CHECK utility with SHRLEVEL CHANGE you need ALTER privilege to the VSAM dataset where the table-, LOB- or index data are stored as the shadow dataset is created with almost the same name as the original. This also mean that the user will be...
4 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

For online REORG, create parameter to set RC=4 when DRAIN fails

I am creating a scheduled job to perform regular REORGs of the Db2 Catalog. I am generating a list of catalog objects and feeding it to LISTDEF and then using ITEMERROR,SKIP I am using extremely gentle DRAIN settings...DRAIN_WAIT of 2 or 3 seconds...
8 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Customisable drop down lists for ‘Remote address’ and ‘Transfer option set’.

Use Case: When the user is creating a MX msg in MER application, the ‘Context’ tab. Question/request: Customisable drop down lists for ‘Remote address’ and ‘Transfer option set’. Would it be possible to introduce drop down lists with customis...
over 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 1 Delivered

Segregation of local RMA Filter switch (Enabled/Disabled) by SWIFT Service.

According to Creating COs for RM filtering - IBM Documentation, the local RMA filter can be set to Disabled only for the whole InterAct AND FileAct traffic with -ct DnfRMFilter -co IAFA. However, there is at least the use case where the setting -c...
about 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 0 Under review

Provide Db2 utility messages regarding the usage (or not) of the Large Block Interface

The Large Block Interface (LBI) provided by z/OS can be used by Db2 utilities (such as COPY) to greatly reduce the utility runtime of when creating data sets on tape devices. The LBI must first be enabled through the DEVSUPxx member of SYS1.PARMLI...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Creating MX message via sample queues/flows

Dear support team, We already have opened a requirement (ID145570) but they suggested to address here a new idea with the following text which we already used in the requirement: Description: This requirement is NOT related to IIB, but to FTM SWI...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 1 Functionality already exists

A utility to import MX messages into FTM is wanted.

Idea created : 02 FEB 2022. Today it is possible to : Import FIN messages from an input file or data set and create, for each FIN message, a corresponding IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services message in a target queue. (see l...
almost 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 0 Delivered

MER - attribute to allow/not allow to create FIN Output messages in create queues

We need an attribute for MER queue settings (CT DnqERQueue) to allow or not allow the creation or editing of incoming messages (i.e. FIN Output) in unformatted view. Like i.e. attributes AllowDrafts, CHANGELOCALADDR. Background: Unformatted view i...
over 6 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 1 Not under consideration