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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Add http OPTIONS support for resources

CICS currently supports the http OPTIONS method but only for the server itself where the path is an asterisk. Requesting http OPTIONS method support for resources.
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

CICS Restart Lite

CICS should be able to be started quiesced, so that we can validate that all CICS resources are available prior to enabling traffic, and so that CICS can be started for emergency restart only, and then shutdown without taking on additional work. O...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Add details of the number of times a transaction has been purged due to tranclass limits

In relation to RFE 133818. Add count to transaction statistics which represents the number of times a transaction has been purged due to tranclass limits.
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Additional System Policy triggers on Tranclass

Similar to the existing capability of defining system policy rules that trigger on the number of current user tasks in a Tran class, provide the ability to trigger system policy rules on the number of queued tasks in tran classes that have a purge...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Have CICS record in SMF what TLS level is used in TCPIP conne;ctions.

Currently there is no way to know what kind of security level a TCPIP connection to CICS used in the SMF data.
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Present list of BATCHREP dataset members

When using the new "Batched Repository Update Job Operation" and you have entered your dataset name then if you have a zOS connection active then a list of members for that dataset could be presented. Currently I believe it saves a list of previou...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

DFHDPLOY getting RC 8 for Autoinstalled PGMs

DFHDPLOY is returing RC8 if the PGM not found, the ones which are being installed by autoinstall PGM.
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CEMT Set WebService command with NEwcopy or PHasein option

I would have the possibility to run a rescan for only one Web Service after modifying his wsbind file without to have to discard and reinstall the webservice ressource. I guess the most appropriate is to have a CEMT Set Command with NEwcopy or PHa...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 13 Delivered

more than one Liberty server per CICS region - using authorized services via Angel

We would like to use a several number of liberty servers inside of CICS and use the authorized services via the angel process. Example:It should be possible to run three liberty server in one CICS region, so we can run three different and separate...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Metrics for requests arrival rates - MQ and HTTP

MQ and HTTP listeners need to provide metrics which inform users: 1. at what rate requests are being processed 2. whether they are arriving faster than they can be processed 3. if there is capacity to process more requests per second.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered