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Allow JCICS and JDBC calls in an OSGi bundle activator class

We do have the need to call JCICS and JDBC services within the activator class of an OSGi bundle.It is an essential requirement to have access to JCICS and JDBC during the initialisation of a bundle. Otherwise the software reuse of Java code alrea...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Cics DB2 Type 4 Support from Java

We have two Cics Regions, one PLI one Java Region. The Java Region should be transfered to a seperate new Workload LPAR. To be able to access the same DB2 without setting up DB2 Datasharing we would need DB2 Type 4 Support from Java applications r...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Remove 24 kb limit on COMMAREA if using DFHTRANSACTION channel

If a DFHTRANSACTION channel is specified the COMMAREA size should not exceed 24 KB. If exceeding, the abend AXGE is issued (this has been introduced in apar PI76708). We ask to remove this restriction so we do not have to change the COMMAREA size ...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Make new setting under IDz/RCE preferences for Remote Connection Emulator to be able to run from defined place instead of default AppData folder

During an exploration of new Remote Connection Emulator within iDz 15.0.5 we found that implementation of this solution is based on AppData folder, where if RCE is to be started, binary program of RCE executable (s3270 binary program) is getting l...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Enhancement of AD Graphs (Program CallGraph) for ASSEMBLER

Some part of the output is still in "register notation". We would like the tool to analyze the possible values assigned to the register in the program. For example, in case of an argument passed to a CALL macro, in case of V Macro, we would like t...

IBMZSecurity provider should accept "safkeyring" for Java 11 a la Java 8

According to the IBM Java 11 migration guide the IBMZSecurity provider does not support "safkeyring" as was done in Java 8 but instead uses "safkeyringjce". I find this problematic as it requires changes to configuration parameters in third-party ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 7 Delivered

z/OS Connect: Enable back-end service selection based on a header value (intelligent routing)

z/OS Connect: Enable back-end service selection based on a header value (intelligent routing) In z/OS Connect EE, provide service selection based on a HTTP request header content. 1. Define a HTTP request header as a criteria for routing 2. Select...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 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.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS Explorer - WLM MAP Function

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

Need some help from IMS to modify the command processor to scan actual existing destinations in IMS

IMS provided some support years ago to clear a flag which indicates output present ( and prevents TPIPE deletion ) when a DISPLAY TPIPE QCNT command is issued in IMS, and QCF was enhanced to issue the command.Unfortunately, this would never work, ...
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Delivered