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Allow a "disable" or "Out of Service" attribute for TCPIPServices

Please consider adding a "disable" or "out of service" indicator for TCPIPServices, that would indicate that a port should not be opened. Ideally this setting is preserved across cold start.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Ability to specify NONTERMREL on DB2ENTRY

The setting of NONTERMREL has CICS-wide implications for non-terminal tasks. YES increases pathlength. NO causes tasks to hold a thread longer.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS issues hundreds of console messages DFHLD0107I for LPA YES

Customer has one IBM application which requires several load modules be loaded from LPA and are only located in LPA (not in CICS STEPLIB nor DFHRPL concatenations). This requires that we have SIT LPA=YES, which in turn results in hundreds of DFHLD...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Principle Facility is not available when the XXMATT exit is invoked

The DFHXMIQX will not return the facility name and type when invoked within the XXMATT global user exit. In R410 this was possible, but in CICS TS R130it isn't. Yet exits that preceded the XXMATT exit like XZCIN will have access to the principle f...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

XPLINK enabled version of the C Socket Library belonging to the IP CICS Socket Interface (part of z/OS Communications Server)

Would you mind considering to supply an XPLINK enabled version of the C Socket Library included in the IP CICS Socket Interface (part of z/OS Communications Server)?And could you please update the CICS Socket Interface documentation by adding a no...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

TRANCLASS for DTRTRAN initiated dynamic transaction routing

User has all transactions defined in the CSD for the TOR . The customer currently uses TRANCLASS to keep the TOR from going into a MAXTASK condition. They really want to use DTRTRAN in the SIT to get rid of all their CEDA definitions in the TOR. T...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Filter on fields containing date or time info. EX: Startup Date

Example: want to filter using STARTUP DATE on the Regions tab (you can via Julian Data, ie. 5/10/2012 becomes 2012/131), but would like to find those regions restarted after date, like filter of > 2012/131 (better yet > 5/10/2012)Why not use...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

Move CICS 'X' Parameters From SIT to RACF

The CICS System Initialization Table (SIT) contains parameters ie. XTRN, XPCT, etc) which tell the region which (if any) classes in th external security manager to use. When the security product is RACF, allow these parameters to be controlled fro...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Control runaway DB2 SQL via CICS transaction runaway parm

Today we have lots of runaway SQL that is initated from CICS transactions and we need to put time limits on these transactions. Since we are threadsafewe feel these transactions should be able to be purged with the CICS runaway transaction that ex...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. Request to optimize the definition of a new CICS system, using an existing definition as a reference.

Please, see the screens attached to this request. When the customer is creating a new CICS definition via CPSM, it is usual to use an existing definition with similar characteristics as a reference/sample. During the definition of the "CICS system...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

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