IMS Tools continuous delivery and new functions

Many of the IBM® IMS Tools are using the Continuous Delivery model for providing customers with new function. This topic is used to communicate details about new functions as they become available.

The following table lists new functions available via the Continuous Delivery process for the IMS Tools family of products. This table contains functions in the order of their release dates.

For a complete list of new function APARs shipped since 2016, refer to IMS Tools: New Functions Available via Continuous Delivery.

A list of required PTF numbers for IMS-managed ACBs and data set encryption can be found at:

Table 1. IMS Tools: New function APARs (last updated: 24 April 2024)
IMS Tools product New function APAR number PTF number Date released Details
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Support HISAM/VSAM with CI size of 32768 (32K) PH57626 UI96379 4 April 2024 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH57626/PTF UI96379)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Change Accumulation Utility Increase the record length in the IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility report PH59924 UI96289 30 March 2024 IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility (APAR PH59924/PTF UI96289)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - Database Sensor FF Stand-alone DB Sensor: Print the current level of the IMS system in the Runtime Summary report PH60158 UI96288 29 March 2024
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Support adding secondary indexes when IMS manages ACBs PH59732 UI96264 29 March 2024 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH59732/PTF UI96264)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - Distributed Access Infrastructure Support of all TLS client authentication options provided by z/OS Communications Server AT-TLS PH57652 UI96259 28 March 2024 Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH57652/PTF UI96259)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2, IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1, and IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Repair Facility Support DEDBs that have more than 2048 areas in interactive mode PH59204 UI96213 27 March 2024
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility: Adjust the allocation size of intermediate work data sets PH60154 UI96167 23 March 2024 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH60154/PTF UI96167)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Support for z/OS to obtain buffers above the 16 MB line during OPEN of non-VSAM data sets PH58305 UI96019 13 March 2024 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH58305/PTF UI96019)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Support for IMS Database Recovery Facility to release buffer pools below 16 MB PH59805 UI95877 2 March 2024 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH59805/PTF UI95877)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Pointer Checker utility: Set the severity level of the message when OPC detects an SDEP CI whose DBLKF1SDEP_FULL flag is not turned on PH58092 UI95826 29 February 2024 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH58092/PTF UI95826)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Display recovery progress rate PH59163 UI95821 28 February 2024 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH59163/PTF UI95821)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Change Accumulation Utility IMS-managed ACBs support PH59141 UI95678 15 February 2024 IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility (APAR PH59141/PTF UI95678)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Manage IMS groups function enhancement: Ability to select whether to use user-specified DBD/PSB/ACBLIBs or use those registered to RECON ID PH58182 UI95394 27 January 2024
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities IMS Fast Path Advanced Tool and FP Stand-alone DB Sensor: New keywords for adjusting the allocation size of intermediate work data sets PH56658 UI95177 12 January 2024 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH56658/PTF UI95177)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Setup IMS-managed ACBs support for IMS Tools Setup PH56980 UI95112 6 January 2024 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH56980/PTF UI95112)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert Option to start database regardless of the DBR command PH58283 UI95038 23 December 2023 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PH58283/PTF UI95038)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility IMS-managed ACBs support: Phase 3 PH57596 UI94990 21 December 2023 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH57596/PTF UI94990)
IMS Batch Terminal Simulator 4.1 Support for INQY call with ENVIRON2 subfunction PH57710 UI94994 21 December 2023 APAR PH57710/PTF UI94994
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 Space Monitor (SPMN): Enhancement to support DEDBs that have more than 2048 areas PH56850 UI94992 21 December 2023
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities IMS-managed ACBs support for IMS Database Recovery Facility Hash Check jobs PH57462 UI94858 13 December 2023 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH57462/PTF UI94858)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Option to discard changes that are made during database initialization PH57885 UI94842 13 December 2023 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH57885/PTF UI94842)
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Recall data sets migrated by DFSMShsm PH50355 UI94560 23 November 2023 APAR PH50355/PTF UI94560
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Support initialization of data sets for export/import objects function PH57394 UI94526 21 November 2023
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Refresh databases across LPARS that do not have shared DASD PH47819 UI94174 28 October 2023 APAR PH47819/PTF UI94174
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - Policy Services Verify a policy in the maintenance environment PH55908 UI94016 18 October 2023 Policy Services (APAR PH55908/PTF UI94016)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Setup Change access level granted to ATYADMIN.SETUP class for IMS Administration Tool PH57155 UI93907 7 October 2023 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH57155/PTF UI93907)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Database data sets (DBDS) organization conversion support PH54781 UI93747 29 September 2023 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH54781/PTF UI93747)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Knowledge Base Enhancement to check consistency of the RECON ID PH55736 UI93744 28 September 2023 IMS Tools Knowledge Base (APAR PH55736/PTF UI93744)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 User classification support and ability to define DBD/PSB/ACB libraries for IMS data sharing groups PH55647 UI93612 23 September 2023
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility IMS-managed ACBs support: Phase 2 PH55648 UI93359 31 August 2023 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH55648/PTF UI93359)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - Database Sensor FF Stand-alone DB Sensor: Collect sensor data from the system catalog and VTOC without scanning databases PH55586 UI93336 31 August 2023
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility: Divide the DEDB ADS Create utility internal job into multiple jobs PH54379 UI92937 1 August 2023 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH54379/PTF UI92937)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities FPA Extract function: Extract all SDEP segments in a specific RBA range PH54485 UI92549 1 July 2023 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH54485/PTF UI92549)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility User ID propagation for IMS HP Pointer Checker address space PH54750 UI92588 29 June 2023 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH54750/PTF UI92588)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 DBD and PSB Map feature enhancement for IMS Administration Foundation PH54565 UI92487 29 June 2023
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - Database Sensor FF Stand-alone DB Sensor: Collect segment statistics at database level PH53205 UI92453 28 June 2023 Database Sensor (APAR PH53205/PTF UI92453)
IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - Database Sensor FF Stand-alone DB Sensor: Collect segment statistics at database level PH53206 UI92452 28 June 2023 Database Sensor (APAR PH53206/PTF UI92452)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Change the IMS HP Image Copy return code for IMS Online Reorganization Facility when the Space Monitor ends with warning PH54672 UI92368 24 June 2023
IMS Program Restart Facility 2.2 Display the timestamp value of a checkpoint in local time in the Administer Abended/Active Jobs panel PH53280 UI91557 27 April 2023 APAR PH53280/PTF UI91557
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Support migrated SMS image copies as input PH53515 UI91498 22 April 2023 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH53515/PTF UI91498)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Catalog Manager utility enhancement: Support map function for IMS catalog database PH52559 UI91150 30 March 2023
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - Autonomics Director Automatic collection and evaluation of only Recovery Sensor data PH52062 UI91075 25 March 2023 Autonomics Director (APAR PH52062/PTF UI91075)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Ability to generate batch JCL for deleting obsolete instances PH52162 UI90777 1 March 2023
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Setup Cumulative updates for IMS Tools Setup of IMS Tools Base 1.7 PH52229 UI90493 14 February 2023 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH52229/PTF UI90493)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - IMS Tools Setup Cumulative updates for IMS Tools Setup of IMS Tools Base 1.6 PH52228 UI90492 14 February 2023 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH52228/PTF UI90492)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Image Copy function: Enables HASH pointer check to run in an IMS-managed ACBs environment for Fast Path databases PH51029 UI90313 1 February 2023
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities HPFPU Hash Check support and DB Sensor support for IMS HP Image Copy: IMS-managed ACBs support PH50776 UI90297 28 January 2023 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH50776/PTF UI90297)
IMS Workload Router 2.7 OTMA descriptor names support for the SERVCOMD option PH50835 UI90267 27 January 2023 APAR PH50835/PTF UI90267
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 Abend table lookup function PH50307 UI90128 25 January 2023
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Automatic collection and evaluation of only Recovery Sensor data PH50065 UI90112 20 January 2023 Autonomics Director (APAR PH50065/PTF UI90112)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - Common Services IMS Tools Common Pauser, a new component of IMS Tools Common Services PH48392 UI83780 3 January 2023 Common Services (APAR PH48392/PTF UI83780)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2, IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1, and IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Repair Facility IMS OSAM data set encryption support in interactive mode PH49143 UI83895 31 December 2022
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility: Support IMS Tools Common Pauser PH48696 UI83792 21 December 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH48696/PTF UI83792)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS HALDB Toolkit Support running MAINTAIN jobs with ONLINE(Y) for the same database and different partitions in parallel PH50235 UI83759 17 December 2022
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 DBD and PSB statement recording option for IMS resource change and import objects functions PH50782 UI83704 15 December 2022
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 Support control statements CRIC and CRUNLOAD for the Smart Reorg utility PH41443 UI83278 16 November 2022
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - IMS Tools Setup Backward fit of IMS Tools Base 1.7 APAR PH49599 (cumulative updates for IMS Tools Setup) PH50138 UI83062 2 November 2022 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH50138/PTF UI83062)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Setup Cumulative updates for IMS Tools Setup of IMS Tools Base 1.7 PH49599 UI82999 27 October 2022 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH49599/PTF UI82999)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Image Copy function: Wait and retry allocation of database data sets PH49342 UI82822 14 October 2022
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 ATYOPST0 OM exit support for unsolicited output messages PH49454 UI82708 7 October 2022
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities FPA Unload and Reload functions: Reload from unloaded segment record data set that has no area information record PH46352 UI82555 29 September 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH46352/PTF UI82555)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - Distributed Access Infrastructure Distributed Access Infrastructure enhancement to close connections established by IMS Administration Foundation clients PH48368 UI82476 23 September 2022 Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH48368/PTF UI82476)
IMS Tools Base 1.7 - IMS Tools Knowledge Base, Autonomics Director, Distributed Access Infrastructure Enhancements of IMS Tools Knowledge Base, Autonomics Director, and Distributed Access Infrastructure PH48047 UI82358 14 September 2022 IMS Tools Knowledge Base, Autonomics Director, Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH48047/PTF UI82358)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Timestamp check function for DBD and PSB Detail reports PH47747 UI82164 1 September 2022
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Image Copy function: IMS-managed ACBs support for HASH Pointer Check and Integrated DB Sensor PH43078 UI82150 31 August 2022
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 IMS-managed ACBs support for IMS High Performance Image Copy HASH Check jobs PH43066 UI82122 30 August 2022
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Support DEDBs with more than 2048 areas PH48231 UI81973 18 August 2022
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director, IMS Tools Knowledge Base Prevents access to repositories of IMS Tools Base 1.7 from IMS Tools Base 1.6 PH47848 UI81681 29 July 2022 Autonomics Director, IMS Tools Knowledge Base (APAR PH47848/PTF UI81681)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Support reorganization of the IMS catalog PH46904 UI81652 28 July 2022 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH46904/PTF UI81652)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Removes dependency on IMS solution packs when using the DBD/PSB Map Viewer PH47086 UI81472 16 July 2022
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2, IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1, and IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Repair Facility IMS-managed ACBs support in interactive mode PH45271 UI81367 12 July 2022
IMS Batch Terminal Simulator 4.1 Extended user exit (BTSEEXIT) interface enhancement PH46987 UI81238 1 July 2022 APAR PH46987/PTF UI81238
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities FPA Build Index function: Generate build pointer segment record data set per index PH45468 UI81236 30 June 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH45468/PTF UI81236)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Improved performance of the Compare function for IMS Administration Tool PH46211 UI81111 23 June 2022
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Run a read-only reorganization job for an index PH43854 UI80113 16 April 2022 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH43854/PTF UI80113)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility enhancement: Checking mechanism of DBD definition changes PH44225 UI80049 8 April 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH44225/PTF UI80049)
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 Print "VER 15 REL 2.0" in the DMB Directory report when IMS version is 15.2 PH44660 UI80016 6 April 2022
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Display "15.2" in the Register IMS Systems panel when IMS version is 15.2 PH44657 UI79963 2 April 2022
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Compare function enhancements PH41813 UI79951 1 April 2022
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 IMS directory/BSDS backup and restore enhancement PH43372 UI79898 29 March 2022
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Image Copy function, Recovery function, Create Image Copy function (FABJMAIN program): Site Default Generation utility enhancement PH40355 UI79699 18 March 2022
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility enhancement: Supports DEDB FLD calls PH40613 UI79526 4 March 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH40613/PTF UI79526)
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery 2.2 Enhancement to use OLDS and WADS for zHyperWrite PH44148 UI79513 2 March 2022 APAR PH44148/PTF UI79513
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility: Extended Functions Support DEDBs that have more than 2048 areas PH43903 UI79415 23 February 2022 IMS Database Recovery Facility: Extended Functions (APAR PH43903/PTF UI79415)
IMS Queue Control Facility 3.2 Enhancement to provide better message age filter precision for QUERY, BROWSE, RECOVER, and UNLOAD functions PH42117 UI79392 22 February 2022
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Structure Change utility enhancement: ATASKCTL keyword for performance improvement PH40905 UI79127 1 February 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH40905/PTF UI79127)
IMS Program Restart Facility 2.2 Enhancement that enables users to provide a restart checkpoint ID by using the CKPTID parameter in the JCL EXEC statement PH39952 UI79021 27 January 2022 APAR PH39952/PTF UI79021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Wildcard support in the Monitor List Registration utility PH40910 UI78938 19 January 2022 Autonomics Director (APAR PH40910/PTF UI78938)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert Enhancement for the IMS catalog database recovery function PH42119 UI78918 19 January 2022 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PH42119/PTF UI78918)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility IMS OSAM data set encryption support for image copies PH42957 UI78903 15 January 2022 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH42957/PTF UI78903)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Support DEDBs that have more than 2048 areas PH35790 UI78785 5 January 2022 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH35790/PTF UI78785)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Distributed Access Infrastructure Enhancement to the Distributed Access Infrastructure PH42352 UI78737 28 December 2021 Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH42352/PTF UI78737)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities FPA Tune function: Simulate changes in segment edit/compression routines PH40609 UI78706 24 December 2021 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH40609/PTF UI78706)
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Enhancements on reloading ACBs in an IMS-managed ACBs environment PH40427 UI78692 24 December 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Support SMS class for IMS directory/BSDS backup and restore PH41941 UI78614 21 December 2021
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Support ICNOTIFY(DRF) parameter for the ICR jobs PH42443 UI78615 18 December 2021 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH42443/PTF UI78615)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility IMAGECOPY command for creating batch image copies of databases PH41091 UI78566 17 December 2021 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH41091/PTF UI78566)
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 New keywords for the IMSDBREFRESH command to allow control over target data set allocation PH41610 UI78406 8 December 2021 APAR PH41610/PTF UI78406
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Support region parameters of DLISAS, IRLM, DBRC, and JBP regions when registering an IMS subsystem PH42082 UI78155 20 November 2021
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 RECALL keyword support for input DBDS migrated by DFSMShsm PH40359 UI77874 3 November 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 New format for printing decoded DBDGEN and PSBGEN macro statements PH41095 UI77844 2 November 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Delete obsolete DBD and PSB instances from the IMS catalog database PH40909 UI77843 30 October 2021
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility Support for the ILDS INITONLY parameter of IMS Index Builder PH41820 UI78004 28 October 2021 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH41820/PTF UI78004)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Enhancement to the DBD/PSB/ACB Reversal utility and the Catalog Manager utility: New format for printing decoded macro statements PH40497 UI77700 21 October 2021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - IMS Tools Setup IMS Tools Setup enhancement: Description of HELP parameter for starting the IMS Administration Tool ISPF interface PH41189 UI77561 15 October 2021 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH41189/PTF UI77561)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Autonomics Director client enhancement to display a large number of monitor list entries PH37927 UI77431 7 October 2021 Autonomics Director (APAR PH37927/PTF UI77431)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 IMS-managed ACBs support (Image Copy function and Recovery function) PH40351 UI77371 1 October 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 WKHLQ parameter for specifying ISPF work data sets PH40770 UI77367 1 October 2021
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility IMS-managed ACBs support PH39035 UI77162 22 September 2021 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH39035/PTF UI77162)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit DBRCOUT option support for the MAINTAIN function PH38866 UI77160 18 September 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Automatic backup of IMS directory and BSDS (bootstrap data set) PH38517 UI76962 2 September 2021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services, Distributed Access Infrastructure Internal improvements for increased security PH21713 UI76943 31 August 2021 Common Services, Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH21713/PTF UI76943)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Enhancements to decode conditions of Catalog Manager and DBD/PSB/ACB Compare PH38582 UI76519 31 July 2021
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert Enhancements to Disaster Recovery (DR) function PH38350 UI76315 19 July 2021 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PH38350/PTF UI76315)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services IMS Tools Online Systems Interface BMPLIST action command enhancement PH17326 UI76206 8 July 2021 Common Services (APAR PH17326/PTF UI76206)
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 A new parameter, FORCE, for the STARTDB control statement PH36650 UI76204 8 July 2021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Distributed Access Infrastructure, Autonomics Director Simultaneous connections to the Distributed Access Infrastructure TCP server with the same user ID PH38116 UI76195 7 July 2021 Distributed Access Infrastructure, Autonomics Director (APAR PH38116/PTF UI76195)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility External logical relationship support PH33045 UI76100 30 June 2021 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH33045/PTF UI76100)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements for IMS directory support PH36741 UI76015 25 June 2021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services IMS Tools Online Systems Interface internal jobs enhancement PH36800 UI75486 22 May 2021 Common Services (APAR PH36800/PTF UI75486)
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 A new option to remap the destination LTERM names of IMS messages to different names PH22311 UI74691 27 April 2021
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support for conditional reorganization PH35209 UI75062 24 April 2021
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Enhancements on issuing IMS commands through the ISPF Option C interface PH33096 UI74448 19 March 2021
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Performance improvement for displaying DBD/PSB member list PH32920 UI74231 5 March 2021
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH29916 UI73818 9 February 2021
IMS High Performance Load 2.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support for IMS Database Reorganization Expert conditional reorganization jobs PH32332 UI73742 4 February 2021
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Distributed Access Infrastructure Distributed Access Infrastructure ITKB interface utility enhancement PH33089 UI73561 22 January 2021 Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH33089/PTF UI73561)
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 RENAME command enhancement: Support IAMPRINT report of IAM version 9.4 PH32473 UI73517 22 January 2021 APAR PH32473/PTF UI73517
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services IMS-managed ACBs support for the Statistics Data Import Utility PH31559 UI73424 14 January 2021 Policy Services (APAR PH31559/PTF UI73424)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH31570 UI73258 24 December 2020 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PH31570/PTF UI73258)
IMS High Performance Prefix Resolution 3.1 IMS-managed ACBs support PH30628 UI73169 17 December 2020
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Ability to decode DBD and PSB instances stored in the IMS catalog database PH31048 UI73097 15 December 2020
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH30210 UI73053 12 December 2020
IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer 1.4 IMS-managed ACBs support PH29309 UI72873 7 December 2020 APAR PH29309/PTF UI72873
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director, IMS Tools Knowledge Base IMS-managed ACBs support PH29101 UI72853 2 December 2020 Autonomics Director, IMS Tools Knowledge Base (APAR PH29101/PTF UI72853)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility: Extended Functions Performance improvement of health checker PH30310 UI72805 2 December 2020 IMS Database Recovery Facility: Extended Functions (APAR PH30310/PTF UI72805)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Enhancement to IMS catalog space analysis function PH30836 UI72769 26 November 2020
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH31569 UI72743 26 November 2020 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PH31569/PTF UI72743)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Online Area Extender enhancement to support VOLUME_EXT in SMS environment PH28588 UI72666 20 November 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH28588/PTF UI72666)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities HPFPU Hash Check enhancement to generate history data PH28270 UI72618 19 November 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH28270/PTF UI72618)
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Optional operands for COPY-IF-DIFFERENT-HALDB keyword PH30559 UI72584 18 November 2020 APAR PH30559/PTF UI72584
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Enhancements to improve usability of authorization profile and security of the ISPF interface PH29654 UI72530 13 November 2020
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services A new option to suppress repeated notifications PH28437 UI72440 10 November 2020 Policy Services (APAR PH28437/PTF UI72440)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Batch utility to register IMS databases to the monitor list PH25441 UI72256 29 October 2020 Autonomics Director (APAR PH25441/PTF UI72256)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Run IMS utilities (JCL generation) enhancement PH29930 UI72253 20 October 2020
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH28646 UI71990 10 October 2020 APAR PH28646/PTF UI71990
IMS Queue Control Facility 3.2 Enhancement to Queue Control Facility to delete CM0 TPIPEs PH27022 UI71768 1 October 2020
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 IMS resource change enhancements (data set group support and ability to select tasks) PH28185 UI71806 30 September 2020
IMS High Performance Prefix Resolution 3.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH26983 UI71805 30 September 2020
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH24727 UI71634 24 September 2020
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH26055 UI71632 19 September 2020
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Enhancement for the Online Structure Change utility PH27204 UI71514 15 September 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH27204/PTF UI71514)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH25583 UI71299 1 September 2020 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH25583/PTF UI71299)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Enhancement for the Online Structure Change utility to issue the CHKCOMP command PH26632 UI71223 27 August 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH26632/PTF UI71223)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services IMS Tools Online System Interface CHKCOMP action command PH28397 UI71224 20 August 2020 Common Services (APAR PH28397/PTF UI71224)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH23664 UI70903 7 August 2020 Common Services (APAR PH23664/PTF UI70903)
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Enhancements to edit entries in the resource update list PH26682 UI70869 5 August 2020
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery 2.2 New DD statement for IMS management of ACBs PH25590 UI70675 22 July 2020 APAR PH25590/PTF UI70675
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Enhancement to the LICON utility of Integrity Checker to support IMS directory PH24779 UI70303 1 July 2020
IMS High Performance Load 2.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH22458 UI70304 30 June 2020
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Provide IIUIN control statements for non-recoverable indexes PH25830 UI70179 25 June 2020 APAR PH25830/PTF UI70179
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit IMS-managed ACBs support: Phase 2 PH22310 UI70153 24 June 2020
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Enhancement to support startup parameters for the ISPF interface PH25710 UI69848 5 June 2020
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Provide additional information in the audit log PH25490 UI69782 2 June 2020
IMS Index Builder 3.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH21514 UI69736 29 May 2020
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert Enhancement to Disaster Recovery (DR) function PH25092 UI69527 21 May 2020 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PH25092/PTF UI69527)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Distributed Access Infrastructure Distributed Access Infrastructure TCP enhancements for an invalid connection request PH24174 UI69282 21 May 2020 Distributed Access Infrastructure (APAR PH24174/PTF UI69282)
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Enhancements for the Online Structure Change utility PH23292 UI69212 29 April 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH23292/PTF UI69212)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 A new optional keyword, GROUPDIGITS, to enable digit grouping of the numeric values in the HD Pointer Checker reports PH10418 UI69042 21 April 2020
IMS Program Restart Facility 2.2 Automatic insertion of checkpoints into IMS programs PH14290 UI69021 21 April 2020 APAR PH14290/PTF UI69021
IMS High Performance Unload 1.2 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH22529 UI69016 18 April 2020
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 Enhancement to print the total number of segment occurrences beyond 999,999,999 PH23865 UI69034 17 April 2020
IMS High Performance System Generation Tools 2.4 Support for creating and deleting resource update lists by new batch utility PH23753 UI68818 8 April 2020
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH21572 UI68712 1 April 2020
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH17855 UI68663 31 March 2020
IMS Fast Path Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities Enhancements for IMS Fast Path Advanced Tool and Online Structure Change utility PH22928 UI68672 31 March 2020 IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities (APAR PH22928/PTF UI68672)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - IMS Tools Setup Support customization process for the Online Structure Change utility PH22524 UI68667 28 March 2020 IMS Tools Setup (APAR PH22524/PTF UI68667)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services Enhancements to view a list of imported historical data PH20916 UI68639 28 March 2020 Policy Services (APAR PH20916/PTF UI68639)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Database Recovery Facility New parameters for environmental control statement PI96280 UI68227 10 March 2020 IMS Database Recovery Facility (APAR PI96280/PTF UI68227)
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Support redefinition of the target HALDB to match the source PH21973 UI68201 7 March 2020 APAR PH21973/PTF UI68201
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services Enhancement of IMS Tools Online System Interface PH21599 UI68057 26 February 2020 Common Services (APAR PH21599/PTF UI68057)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 IMS OSAM data set encryption support PH20732 UI67469 23 January 2020
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements to the IMS SPUFI function (APAR PH19835 for ISPF interface and APAR PH19836 for web interface) PH19835 UI67194 31 December 2019
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services New tool "Tools Base Diagnostics Aid" PH19477 UI67087 20 December 2019 Common Services (APAR PH19477/PTF UI67087)
IMS Program Restart Facility 2.2 New option to select whether to log the user ID information in the PRF option modules PH18911 UI66962 13 December 2019 APAR PH18911/PTF UI66962
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 New MFS panel and new DFS3649 option to use /SIGN PASSPHRASE command PH11903 UI66584 6 December 2019
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements for CCF compatibility and command job options PH15400 UI66679 30 November 2019
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility IMS-managed ACBs support for IMS Online Reorganization Facility PH11847 UI66197 4 November 2019 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH11847/PTF UI66197)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services Enhancement of the Statistics Data Import Utility PH16187 UI66142 1 November 2019 Policy Services (APAR PH16187/PTF UI66142)
IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer 1.4 Support for enhanced IMS Tools Knowledge Base (ITKB) product registration capability PH18012 UI66116 31 October 2019 APAR PH18012/PTF UI66116
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 New status report for IMSDBREFRESH command PH17323 UI65925 21 October 2019 APAR PH17323/PTF UI65925
IMS High Performance Pointer Checker 3.1 IMS-managed ACBs support for stand alone HD Pointer Checker in ULU region PH13966 UI65776 11 October 2019
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements to the IMS resource change function and the import objects function PH15100 UI65519 28 September 2019
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit IMS-managed ACBs support: Phase 1 PH10937 UI65518 27 September 2019
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 Smart Reorg utility: DDEFPDS2 DD statement support to delete (DEL) and define (DEF) shadow data sets PH15942 UI65256 12 September 2019
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 Support new IMS default passphrase signon panels PH14600 UI64580 9 August 2019
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Support concatenating multiple IMS Administration Tool load libraries PH11257 UI63964 29 June 2019
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Catalog Manager utility enhancement: Support IMS directory staging data set for the validate function PH09134 UI63866 29 June 2019
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 Smart Reorg utility enhancement: Support conditional unload PH12332 UI63925 28 June 2019
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility IMS VSAM ESDS data set encryption support PH11473 UI63867 27 June 2019 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH11473/PTF UI63867)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancement for the archive log utility (ATYARCH0) to support audit log records PH12977 UI63814 26 June 2019
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services New utility to import historical sensor data in CSV-formatted files PH11800 UI63815 25 June 2019 Policy Services (APAR PH11800/PTF UI63815)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit IMS VSAM ESDS data set encryption support PH11848 UI63696 19 June 2019
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 IMS VSAM ESDS data set encryption support PH11511 UI63552 12 June 2019
IMS Index Builder 3.1 IMS VSAM ESDS data set encryption support PH10675 UI63397 6 June 2019
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 New option to specify the database access intent for the /START DB command PH09434 UI63204 25 May 2019
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility UNLOAD command: Support databases with external logical relationships PH10454 UI62587 23 April 2019 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH10454/PTF UI62587)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements to the IMS Administration Tool web interface PH06808 UI62519 17 April 2019
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 A new optional keyword IC_ERROR to stop all image copy processes PH09623 UI62213 30 March 2019
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Administration Tool import copybook and compare enhancements PI99608 UI62140 29 March 2019
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery 2.2 IMS-managed ACBs support PH08688 UI61844 16 March 2019 APAR PH08688/PTF UI61844
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit Print DBD source without converting to a HALDB PH04245 UI61410 22 February 2019
IMS High Performance Unload 1.2 New "Twin Segment Statistics" report PH07025 UI61004 31 January 2019
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Support wildcard characters for DBD and PART keywords of the Image Copy function PH06305 UI60448 29 December 2018
IMS Database Reorganization Expert 4.1 IMS-managed ACBs support PH04969 UI60438 27 December 2018
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Common Services Provides a new batch utility to report and delete RM resource structures PH03561 UI60272 15 December 2018 Common Services (APAR PH03561/PTF UI60272)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services A new batch utility to extract and report sensor data from ITKB repository PH03269 UI59831 26 November 2018 Policy Services (APAR PH03269/PTF UI59831)
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 New function to restrict the LU 6.1 sessions to be connected by specifying a list of allowed LU names PI94090 UI55384 23 October 2018
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 A new component: MDA Reversal utility PI98748 UI59250 23 October 2018
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Dynamically allocate source and target RECON data sets PI97600 UI59249 20 October 2018 APAR PI97600/PTF UI59249
IMS Extended Terminal Option Support 3.2 A new auto signon option PH01637 UI58803 2 October 2018
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Allow IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2: IMS Online Reorganization Facility jobs to connect to IMS control region(s) which are running with IMS Database Solution Pack 2.1: IMS Online Reorganization Facility PH02032 UI58320 8 September 2018 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH02032/PTF UI58320)
IMS High Performance Load 2.1 New option to specify BYTELIMIT PH00974 UI58119 4 September 2018
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Autonomics Director allows disabling of Recovery automation PH01825 UI58083 31 August 2018 Autonomics Director (APAR PH01825/PTF UI58083)
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit Convert function: A new message to remind users that dynamic allocation members can be removed PH01710 UI58090 28 August 2018
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Allocation of GDG data sets as log data sets PH00388 UI57391 24 July 2018 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PH00388/PTF UI57391)
IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 - IMS Recovery Expert Enhancements for local recovery and disaster recovery PI95179 UI56928 13 July 2018 IMS Recovery Expert (APAR PI95179/PTF UI56928)
IMS High Performance Prefix Resolution 3.1 IMS-managed ACBs support PI98020 UI56918 29 June 2018
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Autonomics Director Autonomics Director supports RECOVERY domain passive autonomics for change accumulation using CAGRPs PI83151 UI56907 29 June 2018 Autonomics Director (APAR PI83151/PTF UI56907)
IMS Library Integrity Utilities 2.2 Catalog Manager utility enhancement PI95272 UI56092 30 May 2018
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility CICS® and ODBA applications pause feature improvement PI97028 UI55606 15 May 2018 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PI97028/PTF UI55606)
IMS High Performance Image Copy 4.2 Support for large block interface (LBI) and Fast Path secondary indexes (FPSI) PI95184 UI55003 18 April 2018
IMS Index Builder 3.1 IBM z Systems® Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) support PI92715 UI55084 12 April 2018
IMS Cloning Tool 1.2 Add ability to APF authorize target libraries PI17570 UI58359 4 April 2018 APAR PI17570/PTF UI58359
IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer 1.4 The BPLTRACE started task supports IMS RESLIB in the LINKLIST concatenation PI95633 UI54836 2 April 2018 APAR PI95633/PTF UI54836
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 - IMS Online Reorganization Facility Conditional reorganization capability enhancement PI91880 UI54845 2 April 2018 IMS Online Reorganization Facility (APAR PI91880/PTF UI54845)
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services IMS Tools Base Policy Services cumulative enhancements and fixes PI93320 UI54535 24 March 2018 Policy Services (APAR PI93320/PTF UI54535)
IMS Administration Tool 1.1 Enhancements for AOE user exit ATYAOE00 PI94129 UI54394 14 March 2018
IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 - IMS HALDB Toolkit Multiple enhancements for IMS HALDB Toolkit PI92219 UI53498 1 February 2018
IMS Tools Base 1.6 - Policy Services The Policy Services ISPF user interface enables users to modify actions for policy rules PI88543 UI53276 27 January 2018 Policy Services (APAR PI88543/PTF UI53276)