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    Add Originating Program field to CMF

    Add the Originating Program (OPROG) to CMF data, similar to Originating Transaction (OTRAN), Originating ApplID (OAPPLID), etc.
    almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

    DFHDPLOY More Functionality, i.e. FILE operations in CICS

    Working with DFHDPLOY is quite good,makes handling of CICS-manipulation much easier.We currently searching for the Ability to CLOSE / DISABLE a vsam file andOPEN / ENABLE it after reloading.
    over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    CICS Explorer - SM Perspective and Automatic Refresh

    There was an RFE 113744, now marked as 'Delivered', which requested automatic refresh capability for CICS Explorer views. If this was implemented, I cannot find documentation for enabling it in CICS Explorer. If it has not been implemented, I woul...
    almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

    Add ability to enable/disable JVMENDPOINT resource in CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin

    CICS TS 5.6 created a new resource called a JVMENDPOINT. We would like to be able to issue enable and disable commands for this new resource via the CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin.
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    TCSACTN=FORCE terminates hung LU6.2 VTAM connections even if CNOS close processing has not completed

    As it stands right now during a shutdown hang, TCSACTN=FORCE will not close down LU6.2 parallel connections until after CNOS close processing has completed. Once a region begins to shutdown and gets to the process of terminating of VTAM sessions, ...
    over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Enable the use of ALLOCATE/SEND/RECEIVE/CONVERSE type commands across an IPConn similar to LU61/2 connections.

    We currently have applications in CICS that invoke transactions in IMS across LU61 and LU62 connections and receive the responses from those transactions. There is a push to convert these connections to IPConns. The LU61 command sequence is: ALLO...
    over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Custom health check for SYSIN Parms

    Hi,Can we have a generic IBM Health checker for CICS where we can add any SYSIN/SIT parms that we like to monitor via IBM Health Checker product
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    there are still limitations of 2GB, and storage must be reused to effectively utilize the insufficient areas. Therefore, I would like to request a function to secure storage through program compress in advance before reaching short-on-storage.

    We're running CICS/TS V5.6. Our CICS is expected to run out of 2G virtual storage in the near future.Basically, the amount of programs used is large, so the size of the ERDSA reaches 800M. As shown below, EDSALIM is 1300M and we uses almost all of...
    over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

    CPSM API Timeout/Retry if MAS cycling

    CPSM API programs throw an error if a MAS is cycling since the state of the MAS is indeterminate and CPSM times out waiting for a response. The timeout error causes our API program to fail. We would like the CPSM API to be more tolerant of transit...
    about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    CICS TCPIP Ports to reset to CLOSE status whenever TCPIP server crashes

    The CICS TCPIP Ports needs to automatically reset to CLOSE status whenever TCPIP server crashes.
    over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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