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Add PERFORM SHUTDOWN parms to set next auto start to COLD or INITIAL

Add the optional parameters COLD and INITIAL to PERFORM SHUTDOWN to set the next non-emergency start to COLD or INITIAL in the global catalog. Setting either parameter would also avoid the overhead of writing the warm keypoint. Note that COLD or I...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Provide program interface to CEDF ON/OFF

Provide a method to both inquire and set the terminal's CEDF status so that EDF can programmatically be turned off.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

User storage related to CICS/TS Association Data

Our monitoring software needs access to storage which is available to all individual CICS transactions within a unit of work, regardless of whether the transactions execute in a single CICS region or multiple connected CICS regions.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

When a tran abends in a region, CPSM should not route any tran of the same WLM tran group to this target region

Description: FI had observed that following an abend of a transaction in a CICS region, CPSM was still routing transactions with different ids to the CICS region. CPSM currently allows the 'Acceptable level of abend probability' and the 'Acceptabl...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Smart Purge for DBCTL Tasks

We would like the CICS Purge Transaction Function to recognize that a task is in DBCTL processing and to then communicate with DBCTL to first purge the task from IMS, then continue with the purge in CICS.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

FORMATTIME "Day before".

Customer would like to obtain the information of the "day before" in the command EXEC CICS FORMATTIME.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICSPlex Global TRANCLASS

We would like to have a the possibility of defining Global Tranclass Resources, and this way to be able to activate them with 'CICS System Group' scope in a CICSPlex.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS shutdown initiates phaseout of all the JVMSERVERs prior to PLTSD pgm execution.

Running under CICS TS 5.4 with WebSphere Data Interchange (WDI) which provides PLT shutdown program EDIJSTOP. However, CICS is setting the JVMSERVER status to PHASEOUT before passing control to PLTSD pgm, hence EDIJSTOP is unable to run, hence EDI...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CMAS connectivity timer

The 5-minute CMAS timer used when connecting multiple CMASes in a SYSPLEX should should be made tunable.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance CICS to cut SMF recs using MNFREQ on open TCB's as well as QR

We use MNFREQ=100 to force SMF 110's to be cut for long running tasks. But if the task is sitting on an MQGETWAIT on an OPEN TCB, we get nothing. It only works when the task is on the QR TCB.Please enhance CICS to allow cutting 110's from an OPEN ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration