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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Option to prevent DYNAMIC programs from running locally

Allow an option on a program definition to prevent a dynamically routed program from running locally if there is an error.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

BUNDLE SCAN function(like PIPELINE SCAN) and Version management

We want BUNDLE can work as the PIPELINE, which is, the bundledir can contain several .zip files(each contains a single BUNDLE definition), and the install of the bundledir can pickup all the .zip files, just like the PIPELINE SCAN function. BOCOM ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DFH$MOLS option to pass all SMF records with EXTEND and decompress DB2 SMF

1. The DFH$MOLS utility EXPAND option uncompresses the SMF 110 Subtype 1 records, but it does not write any other SMF records to its output. An option to pass all input records into the output when EXPAND is specified is needed, and the output mus...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Add 64-bit CICS Explorer for Linux

Currently,IBM CICS Explorer for Linux is 32-bit only. If running a "pure" 64-bit Linux operating system (OS), such as "Slackware for the x86_64 architecture", or Slackware64 for short (see http://www.slackware.com/), the current CICS Explorer for ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

Shared Frame Write For CICS Data Table

This RFE is for an enhancement to the EXEC CICS WRITE to support a SHARED FRAME option for a CICS Data Table write. A SHARED FRAME WRITE would mean that when a program does a WRITE to a CICS data table with the proposed SHARED FRAME option, the un...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 7 Not under consideration

Customer wants both high availability and balance when CICS connects to DB2 group

System: CICS connects to DB2Actor: User needing support for both HA and WLM when cics connects to DB2 group. Description: We want to specify both DB2 member name and group name in CICS DB2CONN, when the first time connect, CICS will try to connect...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enhancements of CPSM Samples & missing CPSM API DATATYPE meaning

1. CPSM REXX Samples Using IBM supplied EYU#API1 as an example... XX = EYUAPI('QUERY OBJECT(PROGRAM) THREAD(W_THREAD)' 'RESULT(W_RESULT) DATALENGTH(W_INTO_OBJECTLEN)' 'RESPONSE(W_RESPONSE) REASON(W_REASON)')If XX <> 0 Then Signal UNEXPECTEDI...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Integrate CPSM in the standard CICS without additional address spaces and libraries with a graphical and 3270 user interface

Integrate IBM's CPSM into the Standard - CICS without additional (CICS) address spaces and libraries with a graphical AND a 3270 user interface IBM's CPSM, a relict written by Bool & Babbage (?) in the 1990s, will be integrated contemporary in...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Display transaction id in wait ICE

Can transaction name be seen if the ICE represents an EXEC CICS DELAY or an EXEC CICS POST? Now, if the ICE represents an EXEC CICS START it will have the name of the transaction to start. There is no transaction to start so there is no transactio...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

enable CICS to gradually degrade task priority

The ability to enable CICS to gradually degrade the priority of a task during the course of its execution,
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration