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CICS Explorer Smartcard Login

Our team wants to use the CICS Explorer for CICS administration. Our company's security regulations prescribe using SSL client authentication with certificates for the login process. CICS Explorer just allows login with user id and password. We ne...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Increase length limit for SYSPARM option

Please increase the length limit for SYSPARM from 64 characters to 1000 characters (as for COPYRIGHT option). Please provide this enhancement in the versions 5.3 and 5.2 as well.
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

cics link to Liberty JVM Server

To make I more easy integrating web technology to existing 3270 views it would be very nice to have the possiblility to exec cics link a Liberty JVM Server. This would give the possibility to refresh a browser view on clicking a 3270 button using ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 21 Delivered

Provide an additional filter for TIM or DTSP (and EQAD3CXT) for IMS to select data in the input message

Customers need a way to select specific instances of transactions based on a specific content of the IMS message.
almost 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Eliminate need to define LE module names in CICS DFHCSD

Currently Language Environment Modules must be defined in CICS DFHCSD. LE definitions must correspond with the current active z/OS level. If they do not, various error situations which are hard to debug and resolve can occur. During a z/OS migrati...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 11 Delivered

System Policy Rule for TSQueue Capacity

System Policy Rule to detect when TSQ AUX/Pool/Main is nearing threshold limits.
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Externalize the QRCPUT/QRDISPT ratio in a message and allow customization of threshold and how frequent the message comes out

There are a number of instances where problems are reported that turn out to be due to CPU starvation. Getting to that point though is a lengthy process, diagnosing the symptom, then having customer go back to their local performance group to revi...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Provide more granularity in SSL/TLS Protocols

Provide an Max TLS Version SITPARM in addition to Min TLS Version so that installations of CICS can have granularity to configure connectivity with partners that are not tolerant of certain TLS versions.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Securing RTMC communications

We are looking at migrating to RTMC as a replacement for the Tivoli Monitoring agent. Having secure communications via TLS 1.2 has been identified as a requirement.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Delivered

CICS Explorer - WLM MAP Function

We want to have a modern representation of the WUI MAP function adapted to CICS Explorer.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered