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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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SHA-2 support in CICS TS for z/OS

・ProductCICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.1・RequestSupport SHA-2 implemented in SSL used by CICS client connection. Providing it by the end of Jan-2014 is appliciated due to the customer's deployment schedule.・ReasonThe customer requires that th...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Enhance COPY command in DFHCSDUP

This is similar to RFE 24055. Enhance the DFHCSDUP COPY command to allow copying of single resources, as can be done in CEDA.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

CSFE Status

CSFE status display For example: CSFE CHKSTSK=STATUS or CSFE STATUS
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

JCICS classes invalidated after being invoked from non-cics task in liberty

Calling a JCICS class without running under a cics task in a liberty JVM, causes the request to get a RUNTIMEEXCEPTION, as expected. However, all subsequent calls to same class/method even when run under a cics-task will then fail with java.lang.N...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

remove shared TSQ in CF automatically

In CICS4.2, TSQ can be removed from main storage automatically after expiry interval. Customer wants same function for shared TSQ in CF
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Share perspective among a group of users in CICS explorer

Customer request this capability of CICS explorer so that it's more flexible and convenient. Currently, when customer open CICS explore they may customize the perspective to this explorer worspace. However, when he moves to another desktop and reo...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 9 Delivered

Autoinstall for CEE RDO Group programs

Allow the 1600 program definitions in RDO group CEE to be autoinstalled.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS Explorer : Support User Shutdown Transaction in Regions View

Provide a new option in the Regions Context menu (right click) to shut down the region using a user written shutdown transaction.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Reduce TCB switches for CWXN

We are trying to adopt threadsafe techniques for our applications, but our largest opportunity is with transaction CWXN, which has hundreds of millions of TCB switches per day. Most if not all of these are due to switching between the QR, SO, and ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Ability to control the usage of TS resource.

This request is a complement of RFE ID 25899. Despite the TS queues are above the bar, customer would like to have the ability to control or limit its usage in order to prevent some bad handling of this resource by the application programs (they h...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered