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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Improve doc about installing CICS TS

Client feedback indicates that the installation information for CICS TS is out-of-date, ambiguous and difficult to follow. It doesn't connect well with the other documents that are needed for installing, such as the Program Directory and z/OS docu...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

New EXEC CICS COMMAND to verify USERID (GSE Requirement GGCIC07003)

We are working with USERIDs without passwords (e. g. if the user is coming into the CICS via a security server using the CWS). The existing CICS - API "E.C. VERIFY PASSWORD" is not a good way to verify the validation of a USERID because with every...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Update CICSPlex SM CODB Debugger to dump and alter 64 bit above the bar storage

More and more CICS TS and CICSPLex SM structures are being relocated or allocated in above-the-bar 64 bit storage. The CICSPlex SM Debugging transaction CODB needs to be enhanced to support display, dump and modify 64 bit storage areas for IBM ser...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Prevent CICS from termination after a CEDA install CONNECTION fails because the CICS Global Catalogue (DFHGCD) is full.

A user using the CEDA transaction to install a CONNECTION /SESSION or TERMINAL definition can crash a CICS production region if the DFHGCD is full CICS and cannot extend.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CPSM API : Get CSD DSNAME and BASEDSNAME for DFHCSD for a CMAS

We are using CPSM API to retrieve infaormation about our regions. One of them is the CSD NAME (both DSNAME and BASEDSNAME). Unfortunately, we are not able to do that for the CMAS. It will help us if it was possible. More generally speaking, we can...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Identify invalid transaction in SMF

Starting with CICS/ESA 4.1, invalid transaction IDs are recorded in SMF 110 records if DTRTRAN is not set to NO in the SIT. We would like a way of identifying SMF data for transactions that are invalid.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

No "Buff Waits" information for Alternate Index in the Statistics

In the "LSRPOOL FILES" section, the "Total Buff Waits" for the PATH file entry is the Base Cluster's LSR buffer wait count. There is no information for AIX cluster buffer wait.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Shared TS offload capability

Currently Cics allows for shared temp storage in the coupling facility. This is good, but if the CF Structure is not large enough a full condition is reached and the structure must be re-sized. This involved offloading the data, resizing it, then ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CETR-Overwrites not held (GSE requirement DBCICD02003)

ESCRIPT : Input to CETR - panels is not held (overwrites in menue "Transaction and Terminal Trace"). See pmr 14921.BUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 0SYSVAL : 3VALUE : KEYWORDS : CETR CTS 1.3 OS/390UGVOTES : Project Code = DBC +0=5 +1=3 +2=10...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TSQ Server List Full (GSE requirement DBCICD02008)

DESCRIPT : The Shared TSQ Server should give a message (WTO), when its number of data lists is full and no more large queue can be allocatedBUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 3SYSVAL : 5VALUE : KEYWORDS : TSQ Server PerformanceUGVOTES : Projec...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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