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Java CICS debugging requires a dedicated JVM

Debugging a JCICS application requires a dedicated JVM. This means that a JVMSERVER cannot be shared by multiple developpers and requires as many JVMSERVERs as developpers/environments.. We would like to be able to share the same JVMSERVER between...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Need mechanism for recovering isolated CMAS without restart

The ability to:1) Recover an isolated CMAS without having to restart the entire CMAS address space.2) The ability to tune/configure the timeout interval that leads to CMAS isolation in order to avoid having these events occur.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Not under consideration

DFHSC2LS CICS XML Assistant - recognize min/max lengths specified in XSD <pattern> elements

Requesting DFHSC2LS enhancement to recognize min/max lengths specified in XSD <pattern> elements to reduce COBOL copybook lengths. DFHSC2LS does not recognize min/max length specified in XSD <pattern> elements and generates COBOL copyb...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Asktime should set a properly formatted COMP-3 in EIBTIME

CICS manual states that ASKTIME function cannot be used with NUMPROC(PFD) compiler option.This is because ASKTIME sets a F as final byte in signed EIBTIME, instead of a correct C. PMR and RFE to the CICS team, to get a fix for this are rejected, a...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Not under consideration

Multiple CPSM ESSS Subsystems on one LPAR

2 separate CICSPlexes are connected to separate CMAS on the same LPAR. Each CICSPlex and CMAS respresents a separate Environment such as development and maintenance Environment. Each CMAS should have his own ESSS Subsystem on the same LPAR. So the...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

Improve Sysplex Distributer / DVIPA routing for CICSplex

Today, a TCP/IP connection request comes to a specific DVIPA definition in TCP/IP and is essentially routed “round robin” across eligible LPARs and CICS regions. We want CPSM to influence which CICS region / LPAR is assigned to new DVIPA connectio...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Allow DFHDPLOY to discretely use BAS or CSD based on the request

When requesting a CICS BUNDLE DEPLOY or UNDEPLOY via Urban Code Deploy, the DFHDPLOY step that is executed should only access CSD or BAS as specified in the Urban Code Deploy step. Current behavior is that when we try to DEPLOY a BUNDLE to CSD, DF...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

DFHWS2LS java/lang/OutOfMemoryError Out Of Memory OOM

When too many Operations are chosen, the job executing DFHWS2LS gets error message "java/lang/OutOfMemoryError"The problem is that it doesn't take very many operations to be "too many". Also, there is not guidance on how many operations can be inc...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Update CICS WS Security to allow stronger signatures

update CICS Transaction Server to allow stronger signatures
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Improve doc about CICS TS start up and shut down

Client feedback indicates that the documentation about CICS start up and shutdown is not clear and it occurs in multiple places in the Knowledge Center and is conflicting in these different places.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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