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Search results: Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS

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Possibility to customize name of Settings during export

This is meant as a further improvement of idea DVMZ-I-214. When exporting Repositories and JDBC Library settings it creates a Settings.zip file, It would be useful to have the ability to edit the name, as already possible for personal data sources...
7 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration
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Configure multi-user login for DVM JGATE admin site

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Scenario: Currently the only way to access the DVM JGATE site (https://db2_subsystem:port/gateway) is to use the admin username and password established during the DVM installation. The data sources within the interface are managed by us, the DB2 ...
over 1 year ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Enable use of encrypted passwords to test connections to databases in the DVM JGate Server interface

A successful “Test Connection” must be completed to “Add new relational data source name and connection parameters” using the DVM JDBC Gateway Server interface. To perform the “Test Connection” a valid userid and password with access to the data s...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Future consideration

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

Enable instances of a virtual table using a PSB/PCB using a PROCSEQ to use an alternate index (non-root)

Per IBM instances of a virtual table using a PSB/PCB using a PROCSEQ to use an alternate index are only supported for indexes on the ROOT segment. This severely impacts performance for DVM access to IMS data which performs well via IMS using secon...
over 5 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Support for Db2 Image Copy

Support for Db2 Image Copy. Overall support for full and incremental read-only access to Db2 base table copies for the purposes of accessing archival data, expanded exploitation and JOIN of existing Dbz and non-Db2z datasets for single point of ac...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add AWS support to DVM

As more of our users begin to move portions of their application and data to public and private cloud environments, we are seeing an increased desire to present a complete picture of the data across mainframe and distributed platforms. Adding AWS ...
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enable sampling for RUNSTATS

Currently RUNSTATS for non-Db2 virtual tables or virtual views will pull all data from the map and then calculate the stats values. When millions of records are present, the process begins to exceed the subsystem limits on cpu and memory. We would...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Use Data Stage data map as input to DVM Virtual Table definition

Currently Data Stage users who want to use DVM, must convert the Data Stage metadata maps to COBOL copybooks to be used when defining a DVM virtual table. It would be more efficient to the user to use the Data Stage metadata map as input to the DV...
almost 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration