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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...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Allow use of System Symbols in CICS LIBRARY resource

Hello,we are implementing CICS LIBRARY resources in our CICS Systems.However we'd have appreciated being able to specify System Symbols in DSNames within the Library concatenation. As we currently use System Symbols to make products upgrades in ou...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Delivered

CICS could gather diagnostics information regarding TCPIP stack failures.

When TCPIP Stack has left the TCPIP SYSPLEX GROUP by consequence of a failure on the stack itself and do not prevent if of working for completely. On this case, CICS TCPIPServices, used for receiving IBM INTEGRATION BUS (or Message Broker) calls ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 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
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 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.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Support multiple conditions per Policy system rule

Allow a system policy rule to be defined when multiple conditions evaluate true. For example when the MQ connection is enabled AND the DB2 connection is enabled. Another example would be when multiple bundle resources achieve a desired state.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Develop CICS Certification

Please develop a CICS Certification program. I found that Senior level Management feels that Certification shows that the holder has a detailed understanding of the product. It also shows that the holder is comitted to continuing their CICS educat...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 14 Delivered

Display DFHCSD being accessed by CEDA/B/C

We have a client that has many CICS CSDs. We are in the process of consolidating them, but it is a long process. It is convenient to have a "CSDOR" (CSD-Owning-Region) to allow a single point where CEDA/B/C can be used to manage any CSD and to tha...
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Be able to restart CKTI listener with the STC CICS user Id like CSKL(Sockets) listener.

Why there is no option to start CKTI with a specific user ID instead of the user who is actually running the tran? For example, If I recycle the listener with my ID it will get started with my ID and wont have access to many things(open initq, tri...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

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