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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Update DFHWB0732 explaination

DFHWB0732 message explanation in the infocenter updated to indicate that the message can be issued when a non-SSL message is sent to an SSL TCPIPSERVICE.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 7 Delivered

Display CPSM Message EYUWM0423I on z/OS Console

CPSM CMAS Message EYUWM0423I that a workload target region has been WLM quiesced is only issued to the EYUOUT message log unlike several other EYUWM messages which are additionally issued to z/OS console including this message's counterpart messag...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

add new exit when transaction detach.

Exit XXMATT is called when transaction attach. ICBC wants a new exit that is called when transaction detach.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

System event enhancement: monitor CONNECTION status, similar as DB2CONN.

We want a system event enhancement to monitor CONNECTION status, similar as DB2CONN. Currently there are only 6 types of system events, not including CONN monitoring.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

CICS Explorer improvements

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almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

AD2S documentation

User response assigned to AD2S only references a solution if there is a security problem. Based on the following information from IBM support expand the user response to check for cancelled threads being the cause of the AD2S abends. 1) The CICS D...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Delivered

allow DUMPCODE on CEMT PERFORM DUMP

We are interested in using the RELATED parameter assigned to system dumpcodes. During our testing we found DUMPCODE cannot be specified on the CEMT PERFORM DUMP transaction. This means when we wanted dumps of related CICS regions, we would have to...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Timeout for SOCKETCLOSE in TCPIPSERVICE for the first request

The TCPIPSERVICE attribute called SOCKETCLOSE does not allow to specify a timeout value for the first time request. And the first request is in fact the most interesting one to set up a parameter for timeout. The description of the attribute in th...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

SDFHSAMP(DFH$CAT1) comments on CSGX,CSLG,CSSX

TS4.2 (and TS4.1) SDFHSAMP(DFH$CAT1) member has comments that CSGX/CSLG/CSSX are now obsolete transactions and are included for compat ONLY. I looked to see what RDO Group they were defined in and it was DFHCOMP5(which is really old). I'd like to ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Ability to Copy/Paste/Print Screen Contents (SHARE requirement SSCICS12002)

Currently there is no way to Copy/Paste/Print the Screen Contents from a CICS Explorer Tabular Result Set Display. Example: We would like the ability to capture resource details (IE: MQ Connection Status) prior to a production change, and preserve...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered