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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CPU usage of DFHEIP increased a lot after hardware upgrade to z196

We measure our CICS systems daily with Strobe. After upgrading our hardware from a z10 to a z196 we observed that the propotion of the CPU usage increaseda lot ( more than three times ). First we thought that this is a Strobe problem, but Compuwar...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

CICS Event Processing Diagnostic Mode

This was MR0316112559 in the FITS system, Submitted 03/16/2011...... Bank of America would like the ability to trace or do some problem determination when they deploy an "Event" and it either fails to work or there is a problem with the deployment...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

z/OS UNIX Files view should allow files to be edited by an Eclipse editor

Customer downloaded the CICS Explorer SDK, installed it in the Eclipse workbench, but I could not select the other Oxygen XML editor plug-in when opening the WSDL, XML Schema (XSD), or XML files in the Z/OS UNIX Files view.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Provide an import/export capability for Perspectives in CICS Explorer.

We would like to be able to maintain perspectives from a central support standpoint for CICS Explorer.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs to issue message CNX0225W resource_type unsupported in this context

CICS Explorer needs to issue message CNX0225W resource_type unsupported in this context. when users attempt to access adminstrative resources using a CICSPlex SM Data connection to a CICS TS V3.2 WUI server.If a CICS Explorer client connected to a...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer ‘request exceeds threshold' message is inconsistent

The CICS Explorer ‘request exceeds threshold' message is inconsistent - it differs at different parts of processing and means that it is not clear if it is the same message for the same problem and as such requires more investigation to verify tha...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Import Function

Customer would like the ability to Import items in to the CICS Explorer from any directory on a work station. They have the ability to Export to anywhere and they would like this duplicated for Import. This is of particular interest to them when w...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Add %Max Tasks to the Region View (SHARE requirement SSCICS11005)

We would like to see a column added to the CICS Explorer Region view that would represent the current Percentage of MAXT used.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

install transaction base on template

ICBC wants a method to autoinstall transaction base on template. Their application architect is request comes into TOR through IP socket, then IP socket listener starts a remote transaction which is routed to AOR. Most of the transactions in AOR u...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow CICSPlex SM WUI view customization for multiple resources

Would like the ability to customize CICSplex SM WUI views by taking fields from different resource tables and combining them into one customized view. Currently, can only work with one resource at a time. We would like to see a view with various c...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration