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CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS

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Exit points needed in the various reporting functions

The various reporting functions should have exit points that allow customers to use business specific information to tailor the report contents.
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Remove requirement to define at least one TCP/IP port in CICS CM

Remove requirement to define at least one TCP/IP port in CICS CM Systems Options.
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

CICS CM needs to identify definitions causing referential integrity failure

Delete of CICS Configuration from ISPF dialog results in short message "RI Check Failed" and the configuration is not deleted. There are no additional messages in the CICS CM server CCVLOG or when PF1 Help is pressed in the ISPF dialog to identify...
over 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Discard option for DELETE kind of requests

Currently CM doesn't discard the resources which are of Delete kind. It just deletes the resource from the group and we have to wait for the region cycle to pick it.We are looking for CICS CM to discard the resource when it is deleted from the group
almost 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

CM Install fails if the remote region is down

If the remote region is down when the CM package install is in progress, CM returns RC =8 which is mostly used for actual failures.Can CM mark the RC =4 with a reason code instead of failing it with RC=8 if the remote region is down and install fa...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

ADD, DELETE Commands be added Export File Formats

ADD and DELETE commands be added to a DFHCSDUP (and BATCHREP) format export file.
over 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

CM to provide before/after for ADD to LIST

Make CM compatible with DFHCSDUP by providing the BEFORE/AFTER option when adding a GROUP to a LIST
over 11 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

CICS CM group list check doesn't flag groups that are not found

Although Configuration Manager lets us know when we've added a group to a CICS group list that doesn't exist, it doesn't tell us a group doesn't exist when doing a check.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Create list of entries in a package via a batch interface

We need a way to create a sequential file with a list of the entries that make up a package. The file should contain the following information:Package id - Package id Action - Def, Alt, DelEntry type - Program, File, ...Entry group - Group nameEnt...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Add Groups to any position of list - Command to be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File

Add Groups to any position of list. The Command should be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File.
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

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