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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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DFHPI0400 needs to be improved for problem determination

When CICS PIPELINE manager has failed to communicate with a remote server due to an error, DFHPI0400 is issued with NOT usuful information such as "A SOCKET ERROR."From the DFHPI0400 message user cannot identify the reason of the error. They can o...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

TCPIPSERVICE compatibility with AT-TLS

We need the TCPIPSERVICE resource to be able to obtain the Userid that AT-TLS mapped from an SSL certificate passed from a client. The old CICS Sockets interface has this capability. We have a requirement to use AT-TLS for all netwotk encryption a...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Allow updates to keyrings to be refreshed in CICS without recycling

The customer updated the keyring being used by a particular TCPIPSERVICE to add a new certificate to replace an expired certificate. The only way to bring this in is to recycle CICS.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Change default AUX trace dataset sizes

The supplied JCL in SDFHINST(DFHDEFDS) allocates the AUX trace datasets at 1 cyl each. This is insufficient.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

The CICS MQSeries DPL bridge should support messages longer than 32k (i.e. CHANNEL interface)

The current MQSeries DPL bridge uses a COMAREA interface. This limits the size of the messages processed to 32k. 2 of our customer members have requirements to process messages longer than 32K. The CICS MQSeries DPL bridge should support messages ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Resove the problem with RACF message ICH302D in CICS

Our security admin with User-ID attribute 'Special operation' had problem with his revoke ID.Message ICH302D appeared on the operator console but by the time the operators responded, over 2000 transactions were abended.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS Deployment Assistant: Request for the capability to select a range of JES output and delete them all at once

CICS Deployment Assistant: Request for the capability to select a range of JES output and delete them all at once, rather than one at a time. Will save time for the customer.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Provide ISPF-like sortable statistics in CICS Deployment Assistant view of host datasets

Provide ISPF-like sortable statistics in CICS Deployment Assistant view of host datasets to allow customers to quickly see who last changed a dataset or member, and when.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

CICS Explorer - lacking Datatables View

Customer has started to fully utilise the CICS Explorer with the expectation that everything they can do with the CPSM WUI, they should be able to do with the CICS Explorer. They have discovered that there is not a datatables view in the CICS Expl...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Extra TDQ/JES display function in CICS explorer or RDz.

Create easy way to check the application log output in the CICS or RDz for developers.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered