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Enhance MQCONN resource

Currently if the CICS/MQ connection is started at CICS startup then the userid used for starting the the CICS/MQ connection is the CICS region userid. If MQ Queue security is turned on for the the INITQ then the region userid needs access to the I...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Suppress SDUMP in CICS

My customer is using CICS TS V3.2 for z/OS on z/OS V1.9. Here is the description: When DUMP=YES is specified in SIT, it enables that the CICS dump domain is to take SDUMPs, unless suppressed by the options specified in the CICS system dump table o...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Expand the number of initiation queues that can be defined and started by CICS.

Currently there is only 1 default initiation queue that can be defined and automatically started by CICS. Any additional queues can only be started manually or with automation code which can be messy. We request the ability to define multiple queu...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS IPIC port sharing for high availability purposes

Customer requests introduction of new facilities on IPIC protocol to support port sharing. His scenario envolves 2 sysplexes where the CICS requester region is located in one sysplex and the CICS servers are located on another sysplex. Customer wo...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

CICS shutdown parm to implement an ARM restart without an immediate shutdown

An additional parameter is being requested for the CICS shutdown process to invoke an ARM restart without issuing an immediate shutdown
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

OTE Threadsafe Coupling Facility Data Tables.

Make Coupling Facility Data Tables access threadsafe.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Purge CICS transactions by CPU time limit (GSE Requirement GGCIC08009)

Tasks with infinite loops should be purged by CICS. More and more complex CICS installations need solutions to manage the CICS environment well and automatically. In todays On demand business stable and reliable applications are an absolute precon...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Provide CICS COMMAND for the Region USERID

I'd like to see a CICS command that returns the userid that the region is running under.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

API Inquire against Containers in a channel

Would like to have the capability to do a EXEC CICS INQ CHANNEL(xxxxxxxx) CONTAINER COUNT(nnnnnn). This will allow me to know how many containers are on a channel instead of spending processing time and looping to find out these same results.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Require the ability to start an MQ Trigger Monitor and specify a USERID that the transaction will execute under

If an MQ trigger monitor transaction fails or needs to be terminated, there is no way to start another MQ trigger monitor transaction except under the ID of the person issuing the start. A method is required to be able to supply an ID for the trig...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

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