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We want to use systemsymbols (variables) in Library RDO DSN fields

We want to be able to use System symbols (IEASYMxx) in Library RDO DSN fields. More generaly: it should be made available to CICS RDO Resources. And/Or there could be an CICS API Command to inquire systemsymbols (browsing, read next...)
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref)

CICS to returne a error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref). Currently we get DFHPG0002 and DFHSM0002 error messages in CICS log when CICS try to freemain the storage and this has already been freemain in a business app...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

SNI Support for outbound connections in CICS

Some of our clients setup a server for example at Amazon (AWS).CICS can not connect to the server through HTTPS due to SNI enabled. Unfortunately there are No easy way for CICS sysprog to understand the underlying protocoll used.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Allow Java 7.1 in CICS TS 5.1

Allow CICS TS 5.1 to access Java 7.1_64.We installed CICS TS 5.1 in February, 2014We upgraded to Java 7.1_64 with our z/OS 2.1 upgrade in July, 2014.We do not currently use Java in CICS.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

SSL Certificate expiration advanced warning in CICS

When an SSL certificate used in a CICS region expires, it can take time and sometimes a region cycle or other outage to update it. There is currently no warning message in CICS that an SSL certificate is about to expire.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Additional System Policy triggers on Tranclass

Similar to the existing capability of defining system policy rules that trigger on the number of current user tasks in a Tran class, provide the ability to trigger system policy rules on the number of queued tasks in tran classes that have a purge...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Amend DELAY API to be aware if it is cancelled.

When a CICS DELAY is issued with a request ID, the issuing application has no idea whether it waited for the full duration specified on the DELAY or if it was woken up early due to another task CANCELing the request ID. Would it be possible for CI...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Limit the storage a JVM can use in the CICS region

CICS region fails because all the storage below the bar was exhausted. Storage was consumed by the JVM.JVM is running in z/OS adress space - so CICS doesn't recognize this and no SOS will be produces.Related to PMR: 89444,112,84
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Angel support for more than one Liberty per CICS address space

Angel support for more than one Liberty per CICS address space.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Threadsafe for CICS shared data tables

We are unable to fully exploit threadsafe caoability within our CICS applications due to their utilization of shared data tables. We would like to see data tables be compatibile with threadsafe.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered