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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS/TS - USS enhancements

In order to keep the USS files and programs synchronized with the LOAD LIBRARIES (LPA etc.) we currently have these options:1. Separate SMP/E environment for each stage (development, system test etc.). This requires PTFs to be applied for each sta...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide highly efficient access to transaction cpu/specialty processor accumulated timings

Having requested information pertaining to specific fields found to contain accumulated cpu and specialty processor timings in the DFHTASN control block, I was informed that a detailed explanation of the management of these timings would not be fo...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Selective suppression of dumps based on PSW location

Customers often suppress AP0001 abends in their System Dump code table because, by and large, they are for ASRA, AKEA, S0C4 or S0C1 in application programs. Unfortunately that also suppresses these dumps when they occur in DFH* modules. So, when r...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 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...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

CICS TS - parameter SIT TCPIP (TCPIP = YES) with command online

Good afternoon, Please check the possibility of including the parameter SIT TCPIP (TCPIP = YES) via command online, in flight, without the necessary of stop/start of CICS that is currently needly.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 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.
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

CEMT TSModel SET command

Ability to do a CEMT SET TSModel to change the Expiry or Prefix.Also same in WUI and CICS Explorer. This would allow to do dynamic change, rather than CEDA ALTER and CEDA Install.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Bedre soap fault message

we are running with z/os sysplex distributor in front of CICS webservice so we have a lot of CICS that take webservice request. when we are getting a 4038 error from a webservice program on cics we are getting this soap fault<ERROR_MESSAGE> ...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS TS Business Event and Web Services SOAP and JSON Support

CICS TS BE doesn't let you to capture events on EXEC CICS LINK when it is issued by DFH modules with some exceptions and a recent APAR extend to DFHMIRS this capability. I think that it is important let to capture an event though EXEC CICS LINK al...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Add support in URIMAP for hostname with underscore

URIMAP resource definitions do not allow for hostname values that contain an underscore character. This makes CICS unable to interact with some remote services, just because of a naming restriction. Also, this behavior seems inconsistent with an u...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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