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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Simplify CPSM WLM tracing and externalize routing decisions

In a serviceability review for CPSM, I brought this up and it was suggested that it should be submitted as an RFE instead. Can we introduce some easier way of gathering documentation when customers ask 'why is a transaction routing this way?' As i...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Expand recordsize in File Control Program for VSAM

Currently you can't have a VSAM record bigger than 32767 bytes because the record size is in a half word in the File Control Program. Expanding the record will allow us to hold more data in a single record. It will allow you to use channel and con...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

JAVA in CICS - SMF recording of user program/tranid/userid

The customer (FCA/Chrysler) would like to track CPU usage for Java programs running in CICS. From what I can tell the SMF 110 data is only collect for CJSA transactions that the Java programs run under.Does the SMF 110 data for CJSA have any other...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Run CICS JVMSERVERs completly on 64bit Memory Above the bar to avoid 31bit memory constrains

Rigth now, we can only run approx 6-7 JVMSERVERs due to 31bit memory constrains It would be really helpful to be able to Run CICS JVMSERVERs completly on 64bit Memory Above the bar allowing to increase the amount of JVMSERVERs per CICS Region.
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 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

Java CICS debugging requires a dedicated JVM

Debugging a JCICS application requires a dedicated JVM. This means that a JVMSERVER cannot be shared by multiple developpers and requires as many JVMSERVERs as developpers/environments.. We would like to be able to share the same JVMSERVER between...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Modernize Exception Handling in EXEC CICS API

While learning CICS programming with Cobol, programmers with background in Java or other newer programming languages find fault with the current exception handling in CICS. Although CICS offers a broad range of techniques to cope with exceptions i...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow CICS resource security to also add a function component.

Currently, if a user is permitted to a specific resource, they can use that resource regardless of context. An example may be that a user is authorized to write to, or read from a transient data queue as it may form part of an application. I may w...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CICS Explorer ability GLUE Disable / Enable or TRUE

To new copy a program; need to Disable and Enable in the new copy process; presently do it this way: CECI DISABLE PROG(U8D1XMEO) EXITALL <<--can't be done in Explorer CECI SET PROGRAM(U8D1XMEO) NEWCOPY <<-can be done in Explorer CECI...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under 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...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration