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Global transaction - avoidance of timeout/deadlock in a WAS trans. accessing a DB2 resource both directly and through CICS

A WAS transaction directly updates a DB2 resource and afterwards calls a CICS program (through CTG) that tries to access the same DB2 resource; this ends up in timeout or deadlock situations. As far as DB2 is concerned the two transactions are dis...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 9 Delivered

Insufficient information on CRR* error messages

When there are issues with RDz Client and Server components, the error messages displayed doesn't provide enough information for the users to understand the issue or provide any guidance to resolve the issue.The current help over the internet also...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 3 Delivered

Allow CICS Configuration Manager to migrate a LIST delete request

We would like for CICS Configuration Manager to be able to migrate the deletion of a list so that we can use the approval process for that function.
about 13 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Incorporate confirmation prior to executing destructive commands

The ITOM administrative interface allows the report administrator to issue Cut and Delete commands when manipulating resources like printer attributes. Currently when the administrator initiates a Cut or Delete the command is issued immediately wi...
about 13 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Signing of a pre-built SAML-Bearer-Token

Give a possibility within CICS to sign (add the “Signature”-Information using a specified certificate) a pre-built SAMLBearer-Token (presented as a String to CICS). Return the results as String.
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Creation of a SAML-Bearer-Token

Give a possibility within CICS to create a SAML-Bearer-Token (as a String) from specified Datastructures/Containers holding information like “Issuer”, “NotBefore”, “NotOnOrAfter”, “Audience” and Attribute-Statements (Name/Value-Pairs), …
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Change DFHPDxxx to run above the line

Provide virtual storage relief for users of IPCS VERBEXIT DFHPDxxx, e.g. DFHPD670. i.e. 1) load DFHPDxxx above the line, and 2) allocate GETMAINEDed storage and I/O buffers above the line. Note: I was wondering whether the Binder options SPLIT and...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

RDz JES Remote Monitor

For JES, it's not obvious that a completed job actually abended or had a bad return code unless you use the ?Monitor? window. However, what you're monitoring goes away each time RDz logs you off. So if I leave my desk for 10 minutes and come back,...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Asynchronous call support for ECI Version 2 applications

CICS Transaction Gateway API for remote mode C applications is ECI Version 2. Today, ECI V2 only provides a synchronous programming interface, where the application thread making the ECI request is blocked until the response available from the Gat...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Delivered

Have IRemoteCommand pass back return code of executed code as separate field

We would like to have an additional field/argument added to the items passed back from making an IRemoteCommand call. This code is executed for plug-in development and executes a TSO command on the host machine from the RDz client. Right now there...
about 13 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 6 Delivered