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GetHostByName call blocks the SO domain TCB, preventing any socket work from running for the duration of the call.

GetHostByName call blocks the SO domain TCB, prevent any socket work from running for the duration of the call. The default timeout of 30 seconds means that we have hung up CICS sockets work for at least 30 seconds. We've reduced the timeout to 3 ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Provide timeout option for outbound HTTP CONNECT requests

If the outbound HTTP function of CICS TS is used to connect to a remote server, the socket CONNECT request can hang for up to 3 minutes if the remote server is not responding. This is the architected z/OS TCPIP timeout value (which cannot be confi...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic definition of log stream names flexible (GSE requirement DBCICD98036)

Dynamic definition of system logs does not cover more than 20 CICS-systems.IBM does not recommend to use more than 20 logstreams within one structure. The dynamic installation of system logs will connect all logs to one structure, even if there ar...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DPL Timeout

When a program in one CICS system does a Distributed Program Link to a program in another CICS system, it needs to be able to time out using the CICS API if the other system is unavailable.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Rexx for CICS should support the CPSM API

We would like to use the CPSM API under Rexx for CICS. It is already available using Rexx in batch and TSO but we want to use it in a CICS environment. Presently it does not appear to be supported.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Implement z/OS ID Propagation for HTTP REST in CICS

Our CWS applications are developed in a three tiers architecture. User request filled in throught browser passed to IIS server then forword to CICS CWS using HTTP protocol all the way. We hope that CICS can support z/OS ID Propagation for CWS HTTP...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Disable CICS in PARMLIB member IFAPRDXX

We have a very big environment with several systems in each of ourr SYSPLEX. We have a business need to separate the kind of workload that we run on each LPAR and we decided to start their CICS environment only in one LPAR. To avoid that, by mista...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Option to send LE RPTSTG data to SMF instead of CESE TDQ

The RPTSTG option of transaction CLER routes a large report to the CESE TDQ for each task/enclave. This data is hard to manage in its current text format. We would prefer that this data be routed instead to an SMF record, so that the data can be m...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow EXTRACT CERTIFICATE to return multiple values for the OU field for MASSL

We use "APP CERTS" in our environment, and part of our security policy is to validate the OU fields in the APP CERT. Our standard calls for three different OU fields, and the EXTRACT CERTIFICATE only returns one field.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

new parameter in CPSM in order a MAS should not connect by default to the MP

We have 4 LPArs and we have defined a CICSplex with MAS running in these 4 LPARs.On LPAR 1 I have defined the MP and another CMASIf I don't specify the CMASSYSID in the EYUPARM for that MAS, it connects automatically to the MP (it's not the best p...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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