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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Allow a WUI server to start without CICS auxiliary trace on (GSE requirement GGCIC09001)e

A WUI server always starts the CICS auxiliary trace - even if the SIT or SIT override tells something else. The WUI server should either honour the SIT / SIT override or provide a parameter regarding CICS auxiliary trace (on / off).
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Inherit attributes of CPSM resource definitions (GSE requirement GGCIC09011)

When creating a new CPSM resource like transaction you can inherit many attributes by marking an existing transaction and then clicking on CREATE. This doesn't include field "Resource Group"
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Provide task number in Kernel Error Data

Currently CICS Kernel Error Data entries don't contain the task number of the error task.The entries do have the KE_Num and the Transaction Tokenbut those can both be re-used.So it's very easy to get multiple entries in the table whichlook identic...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICS unable to identify which Web Service will be installed during the startup

CICS unable to identify which Web Service will be installed during the startup, if the same name is defined in more than one PIPELINE. Customer has the need to know, and if possible decide, which Web Service will be installed during a CICS region ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

USSHOME=NONE causes unpredictable results but doesn't warn or stop the user from doing so.

The customer set USSHOME=NONE because they were unaware of its importance. This caused DFHDHDH toget AbendS0C1. While the need to have USSHOME defined is documented in the manuals, the customer thinks that an error message should be issued to the ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS unable to process Webservice Requests after Warm Start

The problem is that CICS is shutdown and warm started within an active, high workload environment. As soon as CICS is up the TCPIPSERVICE, URIMAP, and PIPELINE resources are read from the catalog and installed. New Webservice work arriving at this...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

EXEC CICS QUERY SECURITY api command calls performance improvement

A RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH is performed four times to check READ/UPDATE/CONTROL/ALTER causing four requests to RACF to be performed, this also causes eight task switch from QR to RO TCB .
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CEGN hangs forever after RACF terminal timeout

For the last 8 1/2 years, customer has been running with a USERMOD (V4.1 version ANCEGN4) to handle a situation where badly-behaved customer terminals (over which customer has no control) cause a task to hang forever, taking up a task slot and eve...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Improvements to CICS SSL processing to be able to support FIPS 140-2

Make improvements to CICS SSL processing to make it compliant with FIPS 140-2
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Make SOAP ALIAS transaction available in CICS provided APPLDATA for SMF 119 records

CICS provides APPLDATA for SMF 119 records, processed when an SIOCSAPPLDATA call occurs. Currently this call occurs in DFHSOLS, at the time that the socket is attached, and once per TCPIPSERVICE. For SOAP processing, this call occurs at a point wh...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

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