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TXSeries for Linux code page support

Related to: Case #002565956Environment: TXSeries for Linuxlocale: ja_JP.sjis In case of using vendor extension characters in program source code and BMS map source, cicstcl/cicstran and cicsmap command failed.We know TXSeries uses iconv for code c...
over 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Improve synchronization level 2 on IPIC

Currently synchronization level 2 on IPIC connection like CICS TS is not supported in TXSeries, should use SNA connection for CICS TS where synchronization level 2 is needed for data integrity of distribute transactions.This limit is what stops us...
9 months ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

override the userid and password in the XA_OPEN string of a TXSeries region

TXSeries region does connect to the database using the user specified in the XAD.stanza when the cicsas comes up that same user will be used by application programs throughout that process for all DB related queries. For security requirement need ...
10 months ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

TXSeries use of PAM module needs rveiew

So the issue is that basically WebSphere Liberty is running as user cics AND thru the Web interface, in the back-end, the TXServies Web still tries to execute su - cics as demonstrated below in the screenshot, IT is NOT necessary to su to 'cics' a...
about 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

more configurable BIND module for program level parameters

* BIND dynamically * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** The actual bind module parameters are staticly defined in the environment file. This doesn't allows set parameters by DBRM files. There should be a bind instruction file w...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Improve the loading performance in CICS IA

When loading a huge data array from VSAM affinity files into DB2 database affinity tables, CIUAFFLD job takes long time to be processed.
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CPU excessive when collecting data using CICS IA 5.1 and CICS IA 5.2.

Customer attempts to collect data using CICS Interdependency Analyzer. The CPU increases significantly when when CICS IA is activated. Customer performed tests where CICS CPU performance increased from 27% to 62% under CICS IA 5.1. There is some i...
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

TXSeries supports DB2 pureScale on Linux

TXSeries supports DB2 pureScale for AIX platform, but not for Linux.TXSeries for Linux also should support DB2 pureScale for customres who requires high reliability and high performance for mission critical system.
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Thread Safety for PL/I programs with CICS IA

For PL/I programs compiled with RENT option, CICS IA cannot correctly attribute the EXEC CICS commands to the actual program. In fact, CICS IA attributes all EXEC CICS commands to program CEEEV003. This limitation should be relieved.
over 8 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

dynamically allocating memory for region pool and task shared pool

Please see the responses from the PMR below: IBM Update10/17/16 5:19 PMWe understand the customer update. However, dynamically allocating the memory for region pool and task shared pool is not supported for CICS environment. We verified the code a...
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration