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Authenticate option for server urimaps

There are cases where an application needs to support basic authentication for protected content being served by CICS Web Support. In this situation the application must serve both anonymous and authenticated users. To use basic authentication wit...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Unnecesary Page-ins of CPSM dataspace storage can negatively impact CICS workload

CPSM dataspace storage is never freed back to the operating system. Once a chunk of CPSM dataspace storage is used and released, CPSM puts it on a free chain to be used later. Sometimes this storage remains unused for hours or days. During that pe...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS should better interact with TWS

Customer would like to take automatic actions, like restart CICS COLD, in case there is no unit of work to be recovered.They would like to integrate CICS with TWS (Tivoli Workload Scheduler).
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Extend lifetime of ENQ to CICS

Current ENQ lifetime support UOW and task. Customer want the ENQ can exist after the task issue ENQ terminate. If no one does the DEQ, CICS can DEQ when it shut down.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance CICS to cut SMF recs using MNFREQ on open TCB's as well as QR

We use MNFREQ=100 to force SMF 110's to be cut for long running tasks. But if the task is sitting on an MQGETWAIT on an OPEN TCB, we get nothing. It only works when the task is on the QR TCB.Please enhance CICS to allow cutting 110's from an OPEN ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CSMI started by transaction routing should not be counted as user transaction

CSMI started by transaction routing in target region should not be counted as user transaction.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Running CPSM tasks on Open TCB to make sure user transactions can run normally when CPSM task is hang.

Customer encountered some problem while running a CPSM API batch program. During the batch program execution, CPSM tasks are activated on each MAS region to collect resources. Due to some reason, large page in/out happened to Data Space, which cau...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

ADJUSTMENT ON DFHPILSQ

GoodmorningWe would like program DFHPILSQ (CPIL transacation) to be changed so that it doens not wait 60 seconds for a new message to arrive on the Q.We would like to see a second version off this program that processes a MQ messages and maybe a s...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Application bundle issues with Transaction Profiles

While trying to setup application bundles in TS 5.1, I ran into a bit of a problem with Transaction profiles, and the 2 keywords within, that I need. ScreenSize: Alternate and... Upper case translate. Normally I just have my own sample PROFILE for...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS ENQ should conform to CICS standards

All the assembler EXEC CICS commands will generate a LENGTH(=AL2(L'FROM_AREA)) for you if you leave the length off, and the area is not a register such as: FROM(0(,R5)) And in every case I have seen where the length doesn't get supplied automatica...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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