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CPSM PROGRAM Table should provide a counter for remote program call stats.

Statistics for use of remote programs is not currently available. Such a statistic would be helpful to have and provide visibility. Suggest that the could be held in the CPSM PROGRAM Table as a new field.Or perhaps a new REMPROG table as for REMFI...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Extracting resource definitions when the MP CMAS is inactive

regarding technote 1497558 and RFE 25860we need to inqire resource definitions via API (EXEC CPSM GET OBJECT) in the time when MP CMAS is down => only read access, no update
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DFHFCT BDAM supported as RDO defined

Provide support for DFHFCT BDAM files to be supported in RDO,
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow INITPARMs to be specified on PLT entry; allow > 60 characters

Allow an INITPARM string to be specified on the DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY card for the program it is to be associated with. This is to accomplish three principal objectives: (1) Place the INITPARM text in the same parmlib member as the associated program ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Update processing of inbound LU 6.2 connection to region to detect connection already defined.

If a CICS region not using VTAM Generic Resource initiates an LU6.2 connection to another CICS region that has a corresponding connection defined the two regions connect without issue. However, if a region using VTAM Generic Resource initiates a c...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Create new web socket timeout attribute

Like to request a new web socket timeout attribute separate from the DTIMEOUT element. As described in a recent PMR from IBM the DTIMEOUT is designed to release dead locks from other resources. It spends a lot of time issuing automatic retries and...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Dynamic update capability to WLMSPEC

Currently any change to a WLMSPEC requires that all AORS and TORS in the workload be brought down at the same time, and that is an issue when we are trying to maintain 24x7 availability.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Update CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table, coupling facility data table

CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table and coupling facility data table
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Activating new versions of java applications without any outage in a CICS with different OSI bundles and dependencies

The motivation is equal to the RFE 107228. We are looking for a solution to handle the LifeCycle of Java applications in an CICS Environment with different OSGI Bundles and dependencies between these bundles. Goal is an activation of new Versions ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Record CICSPlex SM WLM routing decision to CICS SMF for post processing

CICSPlex SM Workload management should record routing algorithm decisions to SMF for post processing by products like CICS Performance Analyzer. In addition to having the capability to record routing decisions to SMF, customers should have the fle...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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