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SDF II repeating blocks support

The cicsmap command does not support the SDF II repeating blocks feature, therefore we are unable to create symbolic maps resulting in the same data structures like on z/OS.
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow ZOSAE modification without network down

When attempting to change the real IP address or Gateway IP address of a primary OSA definition, the change is rejected if the alternate OSA is active. This requires a network outage to change the IP information on an OSA adapter that is already i...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Column /Freeze in CICS Explorer

the ability to freeze a column (or columns) in the resource/region views of explorer. This would apply, minimally, base exporer, within the CICS SM perspective as well as to the CTG plugin.. Many resource displays have, pontentially many dozens of...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Command to reset the stats on MQ queues and channels

A Command is needed reset the stats on queues and channels
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Provide SPM ITERATE-like analogue with conditions, similar to LEAVE/DOEXIT

An analogous macro to ITERATE with conditions, similar to DOEXIT & ASMLEAVE, would be very helpful to write more understandable code and take advantage of internal z Systems pipelining, instruction prefetch, and branch prediction. (Note: I hav...
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Multiple DPL / Mirror Task Constraint

Summary : Request to address the constraint in CICS re the fact that we can't have multiple mirror transactions running in an server region with different transaction-ids.
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Change CIOP pool to 31-bit

Per the following CIOP lives in 24 bit private: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPH2_13.1.0/com.ibm.ims13.doc.sdg/ims_dfsspmxx_proclib.htm We request IBM change CIOP to exist in 31-bit private.
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Improving the queue manager large message processing

In a shared queue enviroment and we would like to request an improvement in QUEUE MANAGER MESSAGE RETRIEVE process to use less QBUF for large messages.This was suggested after RFE 60792 was declined.
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

CPSM Resource Table ELSIGNAL should be TimeStamped by system

CPSM Resource Table ELSIGNAL is not time-stamped by CPSM, as/when it occurs.Currently the only method of getting an approximate time is using a STCK (converted to local time) once the record is being processed by a CPSM LISTEN/RECEIVE process.Howe...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Host code page cannot be set in CICS Explorer

Special german characters (ÄÖÜäöü) in fields of definitions, which are created with CEDA Define and a host emulation using geman host code page IBM-1141 were not correct displayed in CICS-Explorer, e.g. for "ä" a "{" is displayed.My request is to ...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

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