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Additional buffer flush controls to replication log

System: CICS VSAM Recovery (CICS VR)Actor: Replication log readers CICS VR provides replication logging for non-CICS TS address spaces. Logged replication changes are buffered in the non-CICS TS address space performing VSAM I/O and are flushed to...
over 8 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICSVR generated JCL customization

CICSVR has several functions that generate JCL for on behalf of the user. Most if not all of the generated JCL requires additional customization in the form of dataset names (such as product libraries and RCDS) and other items. This approach is cu...
over 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Replication logging one VSAM sphere for multiple non-CICS address spaces

When a long-running address space opens a VSAM cluster, performs some updates and then closes the VSAM cluster another non-CICS address space may open the same VSAM cluster. However, if this VSAM cluster is defined for replication logging the logg...
over 8 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Need way to better control automatic log of logs scanning.

CICS/VR automatic log of logs scanning is done on 24 hour intervals, beginning with whenever the CICS/VR server was most recently started.Finer control over the scheduling of this scan is needed. We should have the ability to explicitly specify 1)...
about 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS/VR 5.1 needs to coexist with prior versions

At present, CICS/VR 5.1 cannot coexist with prior versions on the same SYSPLEX. CICS/VR 4.2 cannot process all of the backout/forward recovery log records created by 5.1, and vice versa. This incompatibility forces customers to implement 5.1 on ev...
almost 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Allow user specification of CICS/VR trans-id's

Using some of the functions of CICSVR depend on defining transactions DWWD, DWWE, and DWWX in CICS regions. However these transids may (and in our case, are) already being used by applications since their use is not documented as restricted by any...
about 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Currently CICSVR supports only 1 DSCB Format - we need extended volume format of DSCB8 DCSB9form

the reason for this CICSVR request - We saw this event in generic tracker: (b) EVENTDESC: 'SMS-E:1 DADSM OBTAIN' Is flagged as an "error" according to the DFSMSdfp Advanced Services pub: "OBTAIN (SVC 27) was issued with the search or seek option t...
over 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Implement and backout CICSVR without an IPL

Implement the upgrade version of thenew SMS interface. It supports the old version of the software or new version of the software. Then by replacing the members in linklst and then refreshing LLA, new version is implemented or backout to old version
over 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

CICSVR support old CDS till run conversion program

In a SYSPLEX, need to implement all images since cannot control where jobs run due to other software requirements. Therefore, like other products like JES2, the new software is implemented across the plex by IPLing one image at a time using old CD...
over 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Add new fields into DWWJUP utility

Is it possible to add the task#/tranID to the header information of the  DWWJUP PRINT
about 13 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

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