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Identify invalid transaction in SMF

Starting with CICS/ESA 4.1, invalid transaction IDs are recorded in SMF 110 records if DTRTRAN is not set to NO in the SIT. We would like a way of identifying SMF data for transactions that are invalid.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ptf requirement for the function of optimized web support

here is a question from CEB customers, they are now using web support, and they are complain that there are too many transactions for a single http request, eg, CSOL, CWXN, CWBA, and they use FOR as well, so there will be mirror transaction to rea...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

No "Buff Waits" information for Alternate Index in the Statistics

In the "LSRPOOL FILES" section, the "Total Buff Waits" for the PATH file entry is the Base Cluster's LSR buffer wait count. There is no information for AIX cluster buffer wait.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Shared TS offload capability

Currently Cics allows for shared temp storage in the coupling facility. This is good, but if the CF Structure is not large enough a full condition is reached and the structure must be re-sized. This involved offloading the data, resizing it, then ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CETR-Overwrites not held (GSE requirement DBCICD02003)

ESCRIPT : Input to CETR - panels is not held (overwrites in menue "Transaction and Terminal Trace"). See pmr 14921.BUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 0SYSVAL : 3VALUE : KEYWORDS : CETR CTS 1.3 OS/390UGVOTES : Project Code = DBC +0=5 +1=3 +2=10...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TSQ Server List Full (GSE requirement DBCICD02008)

DESCRIPT : The Shared TSQ Server should give a message (WTO), when its number of data lists is full and no more large queue can be allocatedBUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 3SYSVAL : 5VALUE : KEYWORDS : TSQ Server PerformanceUGVOTES : Projec...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS and Email, SMS, TELEFAX (GSE requirement DBCICD02001)

DESCRIPT : To hold the CICS attractively and/or to make attractively again for timely applications it's imperative necessary to guarantee services like Email, SMS and TELEFAX via installation default. The offer of such services as optional Support...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICS Transaction Server needs to support requesting a refresh of the performance block for long running inflight tasks

CICS Transaction Server needs to support requesting a refresh of the performance block for long running inflight tasks after a VARY WLM,ACTIVATE | REFRESH command is issued. User is running CICS Transaction Server V1R3M0 had has several long runni...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DFHRMUTL should print planned STARTUP warm/emergency (GSE requirement DBCICD99024)

DESCRIPT : The information in the global catalog for the planned startup ( warm or emergency ) is not printed by the DFHRMUTL. This means an incorrect (or incomplete) information given by the utility. EMER / WARM brings AUTO ASISBUSVAL : INVVAL : ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Platform deactivation without deactivation of bundles

We have > 20 and soon > 50 applications on a platform. At the moment it is not possible to deactivate a platform without deactivating the apps. This is very bad. If we want to add a cics region in production on the fly to a platform region g...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration