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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...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Not under consideration

Sample using C++ Foundation Classes with Containers

I could not find a sample using C++ Foundation Classes for CICS using container.I really need a sample code using containers
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Expand recordsize in File Control Program for VSAM

Currently you can't have a VSAM record bigger than 32767 bytes because the record size is in a half word in the File Control Program. Expanding the record will allow us to hold more data in a single record. It will allow you to use channel and con...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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.
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 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
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future 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...
almost 9 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...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

DFHDPLOY to fast fail when security errors encountered

When using DFHDPLOY to install a CICS bundle and a a security error is encountered, the DFHDPLOY process appears to continue to attempt the install until the timeout value has been reached. The DFHDPLOY process shows no indication of a security er...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Is a defect

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...
over 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
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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