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Be able to read/write spanned VSAM records larger than 32K.

Customer would like to be able to read/write spanned VSAM records larger than 32K in CICS/TS. The maximum record length that CICS is capable of processing is approximately 32K. One of the interfaces imposing this limitation is the LENGTH keyword f...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS SOS Condition Handling

Improving SOS condition handling: + Consider raising 'max task'-like condition to inhibit starting of newtransactions, allow actives to finish and free storage before starting newtasks + Secondary entry to SOS within short interval, consider expan...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS CEDB Logging

The CICS CEDB transaction does not log activity or changes to CICS transaction definitions. - The CEDB transaction can change the security characteristics for transactions. - The analogy to the CEDB transaction is RDEFining and RALTering profiles ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add FTP functionality to the CICS environment.

Allow CICS to function as an FTP client and/or server using APIs for the various languages.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide INQUIRE support for XPI enqueues

Add support for XPI enqueues to the API EXEC CICS INQUIRE UOWENQ command or create an XPI INQUIRE equivalent.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Distributed routing program not invoked for terminal related EXEC CICS START if transaction definition specifies REMOTESYSTEM

Distributed routing program not invoked for terminal related EXEC CICS START if transaction definition specifies REMOTESYSTEM parameter.User specifies DYNAMIC(YES) ROUTABLE(YES) and REMOTESYSTEM parameters on the CICS transaction definition but th...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

End CWS Transaction if Socket is RESET

Our customer has a three Tier application with a client, borker and CICS linked together with TCP/IP using CWS on the CICS side. The broker has a 30 second time-out where it will terminate the connection sending a "TCP/IP Reset" back to CICS. Base...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Have EXEC CICS INQUIRE return all the values that can be specified on EXEC CICS CREATE

You can issue an EXEC CICS CREATE TRANSACTION and specify forexample TPURGE(NO), or EXEC CICS CREATE FILE and specify NSRGROUP(xxxxxxxx). However when you issue and EXEC CICS INQ TRANSACTION or EXEC CICS INQ FILE it will not show TPURGE or NSRGROU...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CETR showing the status of special tracing

Once CETR is used to activate special tracing for a terminal or transaction, there is no external way to see if special tracing is still enabled.Excessive CPU usage was found to be the result of activating special tracing for one or more transacti...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Track RLS quiesce and unquiesce time through monitoring records.

Set up monitoring points to record the times it takes to quiesce and unquiesce RLS files.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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