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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Provide GETMAINED Storage Limit by transaction (SHARE requirement SSCICS97005)

We need to be able to specify maximum task storage on a transaction definition to prevent an application from acquiring too much storage by GETMAINs and causing the region to go Short on Storage.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Unique DFHPLT prefix (GSE requirement DBCICS96001)

It should be possible to define a default prefix for all macro generated tables in a CICS region. This is not possible because both initialisation and shutdown PLT are prefixed with DFHPLT. This means that you have to use different suffix for PLTP...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS Explorer Workspace Location Prompt and History

CICS Explorer v1.1.1 includes a prompt enabling the user to change the workspace location. It also keeps track of the workspace location history. We would like a configuration option that allows us to turn off the prompt, and shut off the workspac...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Integrated compilation support for EXCI batch program

I have a quick question about a compilation of EXCI batch program. My colleague says that CICS integrated compilation can do compile EXCI program with CICS"EXCI" option and it seems to work ok. According to the publication, EXCI program should be ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

DFHDH0300 & DFHPA1909 could be more user friendly.

The combination of function and documentation cause confusion for the operator when messagesDFHDH0300 File ... could not be opened (ENOENT). Response X'00000081', Reason X'0594003D' and DFHPA1909 DATA /usr/lpp/cicsts/cicsts42 IS INVALID FOR KEYWOR...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Request to adjust the behaviour of IPCONN autoinstall program (DFHISAIP)

Customer did some tests with the IPCONN autoinstall program (DFHISAIP). He noted that the "receivecount" of the autoinstalled IPCONN had the same value of the "sendcount" from the "partner" IPCONN, but the "sendcount" has assumed the default value...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Develop CEMT NEW COPY for BUNDLES

Please develop CEMT S BUNDLE(bbb) NEW COPY feature. The currently prescribed approach requires discarding a bundle then installing it again with CEDA. (or using CPSM). Most of our developers use CEMT but giving them CEDA is not favored. We have a ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

CEMT Audit Trail

In order to provide complete accountability for system changes, it is desirable for CEMT to write audit messages to a transient data queue, similar to the fashion in which RDO updates are logged to the CSDL queue. For example, a CICS region starts...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CEMT and EXEC CICS Audit Trail (GSE requirement DBCICS01001)

We need an enhancement to the CEMT transaction and the corresponding EXEC CICS which show which resource was altered when.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Provide CPU fields for zAAP and zIIP (if applicable) to the CICS SMF 110 records

Provide separate accounting in the CICS 110 record for zAAP CPU utilization. Customer has a new application using the XML parser and the application receives no discount on it's CPU usage for the zAAP part of the CPU for the XML parser.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

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