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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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DFHDSDS4 ABEND S0C4 at offset X'3E06'

Service request 34316 004 000 was opened with support for the following abend in CICS.DFHDSDS4 ABEND S0C4 at offset X'3E06' occurred after DB2 abended and CICS tried to reconnect. The reconnect failed, and CICS had to be recycled
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

SYSTEM Policy action to influence WLMHEALTH

System Policy action to influence WLMHEALTH
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Context/Scope Fastpath

Currently the CICSplex Explorer and CICSplex Repositories tabs are used to set the Scope/Context. We would like to have a Fastpath Search available for these 2 tabs
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

EYU9XLOP is called regardless of DYNAMIC(YES) specification

I would like transactions to invoke EYU9XLOP only if DYNAMIC(YES) is specified on a transaction when a region specifies either DSRTPGM=EYU9XLOP and/or DTRPGM=EYU9XLOP Right now, regardless of the DYNAMIC specification on the transaction, EYU9XLOP ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 12 Delivered

Newcopy feature for CICS Application Bundles(OSGI) needed

When making changes to a Java Application within an OSGI Bundle you know need to disable, discard and re-install the CICS bundle for the new changes to become active. Since our developer will be making these changes and we don't want to give them ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 12 Delivered

Make GMTRAN EXIT / DISCONNECT setting available to user transactions

CICS/TS 5.5 extended the System Initialisation parameter GMTRAN to include a second option which coudl have the values EXIT (the default) and DISCONNECT. When set to DISCONNECT the behaviour of the CICS supplied signon transactions CESN and CESL w...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Replace /usr/lpp/cicsts in the CICS Web Assistant script with a variable similar to PATHPREF or USSDIR

Remove hard coded zFS address from the DFHLS2WS (and associated) scripts
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

WLMDEF Table - Wildcard Character Usage

We need Explorer WLMDEF table to support wildcard characters.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Implement a "run on server" like function in the CICS Explorer SDK for CICS Java development testing

Currently CICS Java testing from Eclipse is not an easy task. This is mostlly because testing requires a real CICS system. This implies connectivity, CICS deployment, CICS refresh and exposes the CICS complexity to Java developers. Also debugging ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 10 Delivered

Temporary storage cleanup in CF

During simultaneous Cics's startup, new pick have emerged due to delete of TS queue.Temporary storage cleanup in CF .So customer is asking these following requests: 1-Is it possible to somehow assign the cleaning to a single region or alternately ...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered