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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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XPI call needed to switch from basespace to subspace.

Customer running CICS TS 3.1 and 3.2. OPENAPI TRUE BBOATRUE is getting an abendDC2. The abend is happening because the TRUE is getting control in Subspace instead of Basespace. The TRUE that has something to do with WOLA and zWAS . The TRUE is def...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Extend Dynamic Library Support to Cataloged, Non-SMS Datasets (SHARE Requirement SSCICS08009)

DESCRIPT : We would like to use CICS/TS's dynamic library support but most of production load libraries are not SMS managed. This means we would have to leave them in the CICS JCL and using ranks less than 10 for the other load libraries. First, I...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

SPI command to list tasks that need to end before file can be closed.

Customer was trying to close a file, but it would not close. CICS checks if there are any current users active against the file before it will allow the close to complete. Operations requires an easy method of identifying which tasks are currently...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Documented and Supported Interface into the CICS/TS Trace Formatting Routines

There is a need to supply a documented and supported interface into the CICS trace formatting routines. The interface will need the capability to be called either in a batch or on-line environment.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. A message warning that the last resource of a group was deleted and a option to delete or not the group too.

When the last resource or component of some grouping is deleted, there is no message to inform this fact, e.g.: resource definitions in a resgroup, CICS system definitions in a CICS system group, etc. Customer has requested a message to inform thi...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICS fails to provide First Failure Data Capture for an abend301

CICS failed to provide First Failure Data Capture for an abend301. CICS will never document that the original abend in a series of failures began with the abend301, and no messages or dumps will be produced for it. A very important piece of this s...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Trace point AP 04BA for CILOCK=NO

With SIT parameter CILOCK=NO, create trace point AP 04BA illustrating the task number, transid, and FCT of the conflicting task holding an ENQUEUE on record-id after a READ for UPDATE. This ENQUEUE may cause waiting task to be force purged with an...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Be able to read/write spanned VSAM records larger than 32K.

Customer would like to be able to read/write spanned VSAM records larger than 32K in CICS/TS. The maximum record length that CICS is capable of processing is approximately 32K. One of the interfaces imposing this limitation is the LENGTH keyword f...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICS SOS Condition Handling

Improving SOS condition handling: + Consider raising 'max task'-like condition to inhibit starting of newtransactions, allow actives to finish and free storage before starting newtasks + Secondary entry to SOS within short interval, consider expan...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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