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Provide a parameter to turn off DPL retry processing in CPSM when DPL fails with NOTAUTH

Provide a parameter, such as DPLRETRY=nnn, to allow us to specify how many times to retry a request. This could also be implemented as a YES/NO, but it may be reasonable to retry in a few regions (DPLRETRY=5) in case the security error can be reso...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Requirement for a Capture/Restore mechanism for MQ messages

The below is a snippet from the IBM MQ documentation for z/OS. We believe this pertains to the utility that we require: However we might require this message/restore capability to operate with the QMGR Active rather than Down. Additionally we woul...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

PROCLIM and CPU time

Currently, the cpu time is calculated for each schedule but not for each transaction. For example, if I choose a PROCLIM(5,1), the limit will be 5 x 1 = 5s for the schedule. So IMS stop the schedule if it reaches this limit. But, not necessary if ...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic allocation of Full Function databases from Recon

IMS Fast Path database datasets are dynamically allocated using the information registered in the Recon datasets. We would like the same to apply to Full Function databases.
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 0 Not under consideration

DFHCNV as RDO supported table.

Support of DFHCNV conversion translation table as RDO.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Secure RDz workspace in encrypted sandbox

There are several security concern from system Z customer view. The number 1 is the Foot Print issue. RDz store the download file without encryption. When exit workbench, the temporary file is even not deleted. If we can allocate a file spaces wit...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

AMODE64 as AMODE 31 is everywhere in the bowels of CICS, and the product would need almost a complete rewrite to support AMODE 64 COBOL.

To support Above the BAR storage allocations. COBOL supports this, but CICS does not.
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Stop transactions coming from all sources.

We need a command or procedure to stop transactions comming from all sources, like, prog-to-prog, CICS (APPC), MSC, JAVA, IMS Connect, etc.We can´t use Stop Link(MSC), because another transactions use same link.
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

CM Server to CM Server Connectivity

Having CM Server to CM Server connectivity to exchange the data(in XML or other formats) instead of shipping the data between CM servers manually using FTP and writing CM EXITS
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

EGL Genrator targeting WAS Batch Enviroment

An option in the EGL generator for targeting the WAS Batch/ Extended Deployment Compute Grid as a runtime environment for Java-generated EGL programs
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

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