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Cics Liberty Urimap disabled error

We are deploying Liberty apps with the application platform context. This means we have a cics bündle containing a urimap, warfile, etc. which can be enabled with an application. The developers now wanted to do a bugfix in Version 1.0.0 in an appl...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Applications not installed after JVM error

We had an timout error in the JVM. This caused, that after a cold start the installed apps in application/platform context have not been installed. After changing this to a warm start now it works, but on this weekend we installed new PTFs and we ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Specify (remote) Transid on Function Shipped Requests other than DPL

It is currently possible to specify the transaction-id under which a DPL request will be invoked in the remote region using the "Transid" remote attribute on the program definition. This should be expanded to all function shippable remote requests...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

In CICS: Allow products, like CICS VT, to be driven at end of task processing and before the syncpoint.

CICS VT intercepts CICS File Control requests in the File Contol GLUEs and converts them to DB2 requests. These are leaving the DB2 cursors OPEN.When the task reaches end of task syncpoint, Recovery Manager calls DB2 to PREPARE and COMMIT before t...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS LINK - DPL to remote system with link TIMEOUT value

EXEC CICS LINK PROGRAM(STEVE) TIMEOUT(NNNN) timeout value for DPL in seconds.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Enhance EXEC CICS ASSIGN with ASRABEAR option

The EXEC CICS API for ASSIGN returns many data items related to program checks (e.g. ASRAKEY, ASRAINTRPT, ASRAREGS, ASRAPSW, etc). But the one item that is not available to the ASSIGN API, that would be of great benefit for solving a wild branch, ...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance CPSM routing to ensure workload is not routed to a Non Responsive MAS

In the event that a CICS target region become non-responsive we need to ensure that workload is not routed to that region. This may require a new routing algorithm, and could encompass other situations where are target region should be removed fro...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CPSM to detect unavailable subsystems directly

CPSM needs to directly recognize when subsystems such as DB2 or MQ are not available to a target region rather than depending on routed workload abending in the region to change the weight of the target region. In addition this could be linked wit...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Connect to remote Database

Provide system option to define connection to a remote database service, exposed only as an option for programs within the scope of an Application definition. Implemented using lightweight TCP/IP to a datasource, including IMS and DB2, capturing t...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS - ICSF possibility to access Crypto labels for selected programs only

We need a way to permit access to Crypto labels only for selected programs . This method is already available for DATASET resource with the option 'when program' .
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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