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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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replace SMF record compression in CICS w/zEDC ?

Request that Hursley performance team benchmark ( general purpose ) CPU reductions that may be realized by replacing CICS compression of SMF records with zEDC
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Provide Default-SIT for HPO (HighPerformanceOption)

In CICS.SDFHAUTH is DFHSIT provided. Most of the parameters formerly have do be declared in your own SIT are now overwritable by PARM='SYSIN'-File. This is really good for administrative work.But for the HighPerformanceOption (HPO) we have to crea...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CESN DFHSNP XCTL to appending user program

Provide CESN DFHSNP on a successful Signon optionally append (XCTL) to a user specified program. The User program to be specified as INITPARM data at startup.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE should be protected separately

Provide a mechanism to separate out the permission for performing a normal shutdown vs any other, such as immediate.
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Provide a parameter to turn off DPL retry processing in CPSM when DPL fails with NOTAUTH

Provide a parameter, such as DPLRETRY=nnn, to allow us to specify how many times to retry a request. This could also be implemented as a YES/NO, but it may be reasonable to retry in a few regions (DPLRETRY=5) in case the security error can be reso...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

DFHCNV as RDO supported table.

Support of DFHCNV conversion translation table as RDO.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide MODESET data in Explorer

We use the WUI to look at MODE information instead of needing to log into hundreds of CICS regions to review this data. We are trying to standardize the using of Explorer and remove the dependency on people using both Explorer and the WUI. Can yo...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Multiple values for GRNAME SIT Parameter

Option to provide multiple values for GRNAME SIT parameter instead of just one. This option is very helpful when we hosting multiple applications in same CICS region.
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Redrive User Logon at MFA Token Expiration

Currently if a user logs on to an LPAR via CICS Explorer (CMCI Connection) he enters an MFA token. If his LPAR connection/session is still active after the MFA Token Expires and the user either refreshes his screen or drives a request for informat...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Is a defect

Automatic mechanism to get programs started when any CICS region initializes

We would like a feature that could run a program in any CICS region during initialization. This could be implemented such that an application makes a request to a CICS service to define a program and library and they would be started every time CI...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration