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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS IMMQUIESCE NOWAIT does not work

issuing an IMMQUIESCE with a QUIESCE outstanding does not work. The IMMQUIESCE command is answered with a DFHFC6001 Dataset Quiesced messaged, but the transaction holding the file is not cancelled. The command will only work after the first quiesc...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Enhance CICS Event EP Adapter to allow for surrogate checking of context ID for transaction start

Currently, when building an Event EP Adapter to do a transaction start, you can specify to use the default context ID, or hardcode an ID. If you hardcode an ID, no surrogate checking or other security checking is done around one ID starting the tr...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CESN DFHSNP accepting signon data via CINIT DATA

Allow CESN DFHSNP to receive Signon data via CINIT DATA passed in the VTAM session. Then only present the signon screens if signon cannot be completed.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Set EIBERR if terminal is no longer usable

If a CICS terminal suffers a TERMERR condition and/orsuffers a Terminal Control abend, the manuals say thatthe task must no longer issue TC commands.But there's no mechanism for an application to determinethat the task is in that situation (other ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

RC not zero when message DFHRM0203 in Cics shutdown

During CICS shutdown, message DFHRM0203 is issued to inform that there are UOW pending but Cics terminates with RC=0.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Message requested when running out of Buffers in an LSRPOOL (FCBFSUSP)

Customer would like CICS to issue a message when running out of buffers in an LSRPOOL (suspend type FCBFSUSP ). In addition, it would be nice to have a message about LSRPOOL buffer usage to alert that a shortage of buffers was approaching.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Suppress API's for the database access (DB2, IMS/DB) via CEDF

If an application should be debugged with CEDF and frequent database accesses are uninteresting, it would be helpful to exclude DB2 and IMS/DB access API's from the CEDF stops.--- Important: No general suppress is necessary. Only as a request with...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

HA-IPCONN Peer Recovery

If an HA-IPCONN partner in the cluster fails and the connection switches to an alternate in the cluster. Once the failed partner recovers there is no way for recovery information to flow without disrupting the current HA-IPCONN path.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

replace SOSI with blank when code page convert

replace SOSI with blank when code page convert. when convert from EBCDIC Korean to ASCII korean. if the string contains double byte character. The SO SI is deleted when convert to ASCII korean. Customer wants the SOSI can be replaced with blank wh...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow relative GDGs as TDQUEUEs

Please allow the EXEC CICS CREATE TDQUEUE command to include a relative GDG indicator (eg. -1 or -2). The command translator flags DSNAME(xxx.xxx.xxx(-2)) as having too many parentheses. You may also want to extend this capability to the CSD file.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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