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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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UCD passticket support for CICS

The CICS TS plugin for UCD should support usage of pass tickets for all steps, such as CICS PIPELINE SCAN.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Not under consideration

Service required rebuild of Local and Global Catalogs does not force INITIAL start

On occasions, changes to CICS product code by PTFs requires the CICS Global and Local Catalogs to be redefined - an example of the wording il the PTF HOLD data is: "The Global and Local Catalogs will need to be deleted, redefined and initialized t...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Identify QMGR from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB

Please change CICS function 'Identify QMGR' from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB, for detail please reference case num:TS009163460
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Move CICS LSR Pools above the bar

We would like to see the LSR pools moved above the bar for CICS. This will allow us to allocate more number of buffers which will reduce physical I/O
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enable discreet sequence control of bundles installed via platform

When using platform resources in CICS cloud support to also deploy a set of bundles as part of the platform installation, it would be helpful to be able to control the installation sequence of those bundles during installation and enablement of th...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

make the MNFREQ parameter available for threadsafe environnement

We have application long running transactions executing on L8 TCB We noticed that MNFREQ parameter doesn't work for these kind of transactions So we would like not to wait the end of the CICS session to have a performance records written for these...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS TS and ThreadSafe

Our customer suggested that CICS should have a trap for non threadsafe commands (if it doesn't already have). For instance: if a program issues an OPEN, READ, DISPLAY COBOL command, CICS should abend the transaction and send a ABEND CODE indicatin...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Not allow user handle abend for AICA

We are interested in an option or mechanism at CICS system level to withdraw HANDLE ABEND issued by any user application program at run time for AICA transaction abend code. This function would to prevent user routine continue to be processing as ...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

VSAM LOGREPLICATE in asynchronous mode

VSAM parameter ALTER LOGREPLICATE in asynchronous mode.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Monitoring of TSQ Server with CICS Explorer

Increase the capability to monitor the TSQ Server in a friendly interface like CICS Explorer.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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