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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Complete DFHDU0203I message with important informations (GSE requirement GGCIC09003)

DFHDU0203I message contains the following information's (sample : 02/07/2009 08:15:25 CICSP00 ... dumpcode: 4039, Dumpid: 1/0001 Additionally necessary are... ... TASK=0230,CODE=4039 TIME=08:15:24,PGM=CI0230F ... ... task name and abending program
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

API to display details of current instances of CKTI

There needs to be an API to allow a program to find out how many instances of CKTI are currently active and what initiation queue each CKTI is servicing. This information is currently available via the CKQC Display CKTI panel ( CKQCM4 ). But there...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Provide PING for TCP/IP connections

In an SNA LU6.2 environment the status "aquired" shows that a connection is established and ready for use. Since we have moved to a TCP/IP based network we can check with TCPIPSERVICE that a connection is "open" but this does not assure that the c...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Provide INQUIRE SYSTEM SMFID and INQUIRE SYSTEM MVSSYSID (GSE Requirement GGCIC07014)

There is no EXEC CICS command to inquire neither the MVS SMFID (CVT field SMCASID) nor the MVS SYSID (CVT field CVTSNAME). This information is vital in messages written to the CICS log and captured by our automation.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Support Kerberos authentication with CICS

Support Kerberos authentication with CICS
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Being able to View Levels of Maint ONLINE (SHARE reqirement SSCICS064921)

Being able to View Levels of Maint ONLINEBUSVAL : 5INVVAL : 5ENDVAL : 5GROVAL : 5SYSVAL : 5KEYWORDS : UGVOTES : +5=1 +4=4 +3=14 +2=1 +1=1 Priority=3.1DESCRIPT : In this fast pace world the system user is requesting more and more information, be re...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Have Shared Temp Storage commands be Threadsafe.

We have many DB2 application that also use Shared Temp Storage and having Shared Temp Storage Threadsafe would eliminate a lot of TCB switching.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

NQEA Freechain storage is not freed until CICS is recycled.

When a CICS region goes SOS(Short on Storage) NQEA control blocks on the freechain are not freed. This resulted in task waiting for storage to run/complete and never being able to run because there are many NQEAs on the FREECHAIN (available but no...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Allow automatic restart of CICS WEB INTERFACE after a TCP/IP outage

The CICS Web Interface CWI goes into an immediate disable processing if the OS/390 eNetwork Communications Server abends. The CWI has to be manually restarted in order to restart the CICS Web interface. The CICS internet guide says : 2.13.1 Recove...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Make SPI INQUIRE SYSTEM, PROGRAM, TRANSACTION THREADSAFE (SHARE requirement SSCICS07004)

Make the SPI inquire interface threadsafe (e.g. INQUIRE SYSTEM PROGRAM,TRANSACTION)
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

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