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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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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

CICS File State Retention

Add persistance to SET FILE command allowing us to maintain state across COLD/WARM/EMERGENCY starts.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Make CICS Explorer "Managed Windows" View Scope Behaviour consistent with Regions View

CICS Explorer view Managed Regions shows the CPSM status of defined CICS regions in the CICS Plex with details such as whether connected, CPSM level and which CMAS they are connected to. The context of this view does not always change when selecti...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

visualize mapping of resources to groups to lists to regions

Provide a visualization of the relationship between RDO resources, groups, lists and CICS regions
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Serviceability enhancement to CICS IPCS Formatter for 64-bit storage information, from the SMSGLOBAL block to SM=3

I'd like to request a serviceability enhancement regarding 64-bit storage information which is available at dump time. Please would it be possible to add the information from the SMSGLOBAL block (SMS pagepool stats) to SM=3? It would also be usefu...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Record CICSPlex SM WLM routing decision to CICS SMF for post processing

CICSPlex SM Workload management should record routing algorithm decisions to SMF for post processing by products like CICS Performance Analyzer. In addition to having the capability to record routing decisions to SMF, customers should have the fle...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

PHASEIN Support for JAVA programs running under Liberty Profile

The versioning and alias processing options that are presently available for deploying new Liberty Profile JAVA bundles in CICS require changes to the pre-existing CICS RDO definitions, this is not something that is desired when promoting a new ve...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS APIs to support COBOL Dynamic Length fields

COBOL 6.3 provides support for dynamic length fields. These do not work with CICS APIs
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

The explorer tool to display resource attribute as per defination.

The explorer tool should display resource attribute as per defination for consistency. e.g. avoid -1 to represent NO and so on.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide Full BAS support within CICS Explorer

The WUI has features (i.e. BAS) that are required in the CICS Explorer to make it more robust and useful. The following are examples of those features: - RASGNDEF (Resource Assignment Definition) or facility to create, display, modify, and delete ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

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