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CTG daemon should do self-check and cleanup IPC queue regularly

Customer think the CTG daemon should do self-check and clean up the IPC message queue regularly
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Threadsafe IPICSERVER Connection Configuration Option THREADSAFE=YES

IPICSERVER section THREADSAFE=YES configuration parameter, to DPL as Threadsafe for IPIC Connections into CICS. CICS PPT DFHMIRS is Threadsafe. This would initially start the task on an Open L8 TCB in CICS, rather than starting on QR, further redu...
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Echo ctg.ini to STDOUT as is STDENV and Policy Rule data

For historical purposes of prior executions of the CTG, Echo ctg.ini to STDOUT as is STDENV and Policy Rule data. If a problem pops up, it would be good to have the ctg.ini file archived to STDOUT, along with all the other gateway configuration pa...
12 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

WAS z/OS - IPIC local - CICS

We are using CICS TG in local mode form WAS with IPIC connections to CICS TS, with TCP/IP load balancing using VIPA on the IPIC connection but we are having some problems with it. We have opened this PMR and IBM stated in PMR 86736,211,788 that th...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS TG - ECI status request - support for DSS CTG feature

Hello,as described in the PMR we need support for querying status of a CICS server group defined in CTG. Currently ECI status requests supports only querying of individual CICS server.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Configuration file for shared definitions

We would like to have the capability to specify a configuration file for all shared parameters (timeout, statistics..) between CTGs and another one for specific parameters (applid,port..)
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CTG EXCI Channel and Container support

CICS V5.4 now enables batch EXCI use of Channel and Containers. This new function greatly expands the value of EXCI access from SYSPLEX workloads. Developers are in need of larger data conversations which are delivered with a familiar interface. T...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG) - Transaction flow control

Have ability to issue command to turn off flow of work thru the CICS Transaction Gateway, at the Transaction Level. /F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANDIABLE,DRP1/F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANENABLE,DRP1/F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANSHOW This would turn off workflow to the backe...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Method to get the STATSAPI (RestrictedTCPHandler) port from CICS TG using an external process

We would like to programatically discover the STATSAPI port numbers assigned to CICS Transaction Gateway regions.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Utilize CICSPlex System Manager WLM for Dynamic Server Selection

Allow CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG) to route requests directly to CICS Application Owning Regions (AORs) per advice from CICSPlex SM (CPSM), thus avoiding the need for a (routing) Terminal Owning Region (TOR).
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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