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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Option to suppress DFHHC0102I msg if customer doesn't use Health Checker

When customer starts CICS, he gets DFHHC0102I message. We understand the message is recorded when CICS TS for z/OS tries to register with the z/OS Health Checker. But customer doesn't use z/OS Health Checker, so this message is always recorded whe...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Shared temporary storage statistics in missing SMF data

READQs and WRITEQs to shared TS queues should be included in the DFHTEMP performance class information. This information should be written to additional fields specifically for shared TS queues. For example: (TYPE-A, 'TSGETSCT', 4 BYTES)Number of ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Option to turn OFF - VSAM dynamic buffer addition in CICS regions

We are using CICS TS 5.3 on z/OS 2.2. We are getting the below messages when VSAM dynamic buffer addition happens in CICS region. IDA9990I VSAM DBA ADDED 179 DATA BUFFERS OF 24576 BYTES EACH TO SHRPOOL 1 BECAUSE THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT BUFFERS TO ...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

DFHPI1009 diagnostic enhancements

Message DFHPI1009 could include additional detail to help identify details of the request. It would be helpful if the CICS transaction id was included in the message.Currently, in order to determine the transaction id we extract the SMF records fo...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Customize the interval for CHCK transaction

Hi, This is with respect to PMR 09778 122 000. We recently discovered that IBM has introduced authorization check facility via transaction CHCK (program DFHHCHK). For CICS TS 5.3 this has come along via PTF UI49544. Now this check is done every 30...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

DFHPI0997 additional web service context needed

Additional context information in message DFHPI0997 would help to identify the cause of the problem. For example:==> DFHPI0997 03/01/2014 12:55:14 PRD5AOR1 EB21 EBPR01 The CICS pipeline manager has encountered an error: timeout occurred. The me...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Support of SHA-256 hashing algorithm by CICS TS SSL

CICS TS up to, and including, Version 5.1 supports only the SHA-1 hashing algorithm. Our company needs to increase the security level of the digital certificates it uses for SSL connections (i.e. longer RSA key length and SHA-256 instead of SHA-1)...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Invalid data returned by INQUIRE PROGRAM after SET PROGRAM COPY(PHASEIN)

After a SET PROGRAM COPY(PHASEIN) a subsequent INQUIRE PROGRAM command returns only the values of the first created entry in program directory. The valid data of a further available entry created by PHASEIN could not be determined at all.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Use policy to monitor specific transactions

In CICS TS5.1, the policy will be applied on either Application basis or Platform basis(depends on how it's deployed).But in this scenario, it cannot monitor specific transactions. Customer raise a requirement to use policy to monitor specific tra...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Cics Explorer Developer Edition

We want to use the Cics Explorer, but we have the problem, that if we give the Cics Explorer to the Developers they will see everything. This will cause many questions, why we have made things like we did them and also will take a lot of work to s...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

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