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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Allow INITPARMs to be specified on PLT entry; allow > 60 characters

Allow an INITPARM string to be specified on the DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY card for the program it is to be associated with. This is to accomplish three principal objectives: (1) Place the INITPARM text in the same parmlib member as the associated program ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS explorer task history

Include Task History, that is Configured; Collected and Displayed. This is available in WUI interface. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6?topic=resources-historical-data
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Functionality already exists

CICS APPL example update

CICS sample VTAM APPL definition does not include LOSTERM=IMMED
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Update processing of inbound LU 6.2 connection to region to detect connection already defined.

If a CICS region not using VTAM Generic Resource initiates an LU6.2 connection to another CICS region that has a corresponding connection defined the two regions connect without issue. However, if a region using VTAM Generic Resource initiates a c...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Create new web socket timeout attribute

Like to request a new web socket timeout attribute separate from the DTIMEOUT element. As described in a recent PMR from IBM the DTIMEOUT is designed to release dead locks from other resources. It spends a lot of time issuing automatic retries and...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Would like to see a CEMT Command to Inquire/SET the CICS/JVM Profile

It would be nice to have the capability to issue a CEMT SET/INQUIRE on a CICS/JAVA Profile for a specific JVM. Currently we cannot View the properties of a JVMProfile from within a CICS Address Space, we need to go to TSO and use OMVS or ISHELL to...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic update capability to WLMSPEC

Currently any change to a WLMSPEC requires that all AORS and TORS in the workload be brought down at the same time, and that is an issue when we are trying to maintain 24x7 availability.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Implement CEDA CHECK (e.g. for LIST) to ensure CICS region starts properly

Implement the CEDA CHECK option in CICS Explorer (see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.resourcedefinition.doc/ceda/commands/dfha4_check.html) to allow for example checking LISTs for consistency
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Activating new versions of java applications without any outage in a CICS with different OSI bundles and dependencies

The motivation is equal to the RFE 107228. We are looking for a solution to handle the LifeCycle of Java applications in an CICS Environment with different OSGI Bundles and dependencies between these bundles. Goal is an activation of new Versions ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Update CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table, coupling facility data table

CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table and coupling facility data table
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration