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TXSeries for Multiplatforms

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CICSAS auto check XA connection and recover broken connection with resource management(such as Database)

The client expect TXSeries can provide a group of parameters for XA connection. During CICS is in idle, it can auto-check XA connection with resource manager( database), if checking is failed, the idle CICSAS will keep retrying by short-term and l...
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Working storage dump to be provided during failures - necessary for PROD implementation

Currently in Test environment, development team have the option to put display statement and run the program few times or simulate the case wherever feasible, but when it comes to production environment, support staff doesn't have such liberty, as...
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

API required to fetch records based on offset from the SFS server

Kindly raise a RFE for the below given request and kindly copy Hari Venkitachalam (vharihar@in.ibm.com) and Roger Brzostek (brzostek@us.ibm.com) in the RFE as they are in discussion with First Data related to this issue.
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Need a confirmation message when a cold start to SFS server is attempted

Provide a warning message when a cold start of SFS server is performed. This would help avoid any accidental loss to data.
almost 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 3 Not under consideration

Update cicsmigrate script to change codepage on TXSeries connection definitions

After migrating our TXSeries region from AIX to RHEL, we could not longer invoke TXSeries transactions from CICS/TS (even CRTE) without getting A28D abends. It was necessary to manually change the RemoteCodePageTR parameter on all of our TXSeries ...
about 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Open TX connect MF CICS with high availability feature base on user exit() program

In China,a important customer is developing TX series user exit() to resolve open TX connect MF CICS high availiability issue,to instead of current one to one connect between open TX and MF CICS TOR,through there are four link to make sure duplica...
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IPIC High Avaliablity support

We need to connect CICS using IPIC, but TXseries don't support High availability,so we have to write our own interface program, which is not easy to maintain. So it would be great if txseries could support IPIC HA, just as Mainframe does.Thanks.
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Linux compiler for WTX

Currently, WTX only allows compiling of Maps and systems on windows. A Linux compiler would assist our company in building and distributing of WTX objects by allowing it to better integrate with our build systems.
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Unit Testing Framework for WebSphere Transformation Extender

With our DevOps movement, we are looking at adding as much automated testing into our processes as possible. We would like to have a Unit Testing framework developed for WTX which would allow us to test individual components without being installe...
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Domain Level Group Security

TX Series for Multiplatform v7.1.0.4 does not handle Domain Level Group security within the default "cicsgroup" for TXS Admin Console Tool access as well as for command line utilities execution. Local or Domain users associated within the local gr...
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration