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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Prevent CICS from termination after a CEDA install CONNECTION fails because the CICS Global Catalogue (DFHGCD) is full.

A user using the CEDA transaction to install a CONNECTION /SESSION or TERMINAL definition can crash a CICS production region if the DFHGCD is full CICS and cannot extend.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

In a CICSplex there should be no dependency regarding the sequence starting CMAS regions.

there is always a dependency if service applied for CPSM to restart the maintenance point at first. In a CICSplex there should be no dependency regarding the sequence starting CMAS regions and their depending MAS regions.
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Switch off CMF for a specified Transaction

CEB has a web support application, a single request will lead to multiple transaction been invoked,eg CWXN, CWBA, as well as some mirror task, this will bring a huge cost to print the CMF data, so they wonder if there is a way to switch off the CM...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Identify invalid transaction in SMF

Starting with CICS/ESA 4.1, invalid transaction IDs are recorded in SMF 110 records if DTRTRAN is not set to NO in the SIT. We would like a way of identifying SMF data for transactions that are invalid.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ptf requirement for the function of optimized web support

here is a question from CEB customers, they are now using web support, and they are complain that there are too many transactions for a single http request, eg, CSOL, CWXN, CWBA, and they use FOR as well, so there will be mirror transaction to rea...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

No "Buff Waits" information for Alternate Index in the Statistics

In the "LSRPOOL FILES" section, the "Total Buff Waits" for the PATH file entry is the Base Cluster's LSR buffer wait count. There is no information for AIX cluster buffer wait.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Shared TS offload capability

Currently Cics allows for shared temp storage in the coupling facility. This is good, but if the CF Structure is not large enough a full condition is reached and the structure must be re-sized. This involved offloading the data, resizing it, then ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CETR-Overwrites not held (GSE requirement DBCICD02003)

ESCRIPT : Input to CETR - panels is not held (overwrites in menue "Transaction and Terminal Trace"). See pmr 14921.BUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 0SYSVAL : 3VALUE : KEYWORDS : CETR CTS 1.3 OS/390UGVOTES : Project Code = DBC +0=5 +1=3 +2=10...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TSQ Server List Full (GSE requirement DBCICD02008)

DESCRIPT : The Shared TSQ Server should give a message (WTO), when its number of data lists is full and no more large queue can be allocatedBUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 3SYSVAL : 5VALUE : KEYWORDS : TSQ Server PerformanceUGVOTES : Projec...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS and Email, SMS, TELEFAX (GSE requirement DBCICD02001)

DESCRIPT : To hold the CICS attractively and/or to make attractively again for timely applications it's imperative necessary to guarantee services like Email, SMS and TELEFAX via installation default. The offer of such services as optional Support...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

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