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Run CICS JVMSERVERs completly on 64bit Memory Above the bar to avoid 31bit memory constrains

Rigth now, we can only run approx 6-7 JVMSERVERs due to 31bit memory constrains It would be really helpful to be able to Run CICS JVMSERVERs completly on 64bit Memory Above the bar allowing to increase the amount of JVMSERVERs per CICS Region.
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

CICS DEBUG CADP - NO WAY TO DELETE DEFUNCT USER PROFILES

When using CICS Debug CADP profiles - there is no way to delete profiles which belong to defunct userids (similar to the DTCD transaction that is provided for the DTCN type profiles). We have over 100 CADP profiles defined and need to clean-up our...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICS File State Retention

Add persistance to SET FILE command allowing us to maintain state across COLD/WARM/EMERGENCY starts.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

JAVA in CICS - SMF recording of user program/tranid/userid

The customer (FCA/Chrysler) would like to track CPU usage for Java programs running in CICS. From what I can tell the SMF 110 data is only collect for CJSA transactions that the Java programs run under.Does the SMF 110 data for CJSA have any other...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

IPCS to format the active HANDLE's for a task

Right now IPCS only shows the HTB control blocks. It would be nice if IPCS could format the control blocks into a table showing which handles are active
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

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

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