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Status Delivered
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 31, 2012

Global transaction - avoidance of timeout/deadlock in a WAS trans. accessing a DB2 resource both directly and through CICS

A WAS transaction directly updates a DB2 resource and afterwards calls a CICS program (through CTG) that tries to access the same DB2 resource; this ends up in timeout or deadlock situations. As far as DB2 is concerned the two transactions are distinct units of recovery and so they will deadlock. You can even have this happen with just CICS regions. Originally the two DB2 acceses were done from the same CICS program (and worked).
The customer is asking for a mechanism to consider the whole transaction as global and DB2 seeing both accesses as the same

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Jul 29, 2022

    We recommend you also apply CICS TS 6.1 apar PH47996

  • Guest
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    Jun 17, 2022
    Support for this is provided in CICS TS 6.1 which is generally available from 17th June 2022.

    For more information see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/6.1?topic=whats-new
  • Guest
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    Apr 5, 2022
    Support for this is provided in CICS TS 6.1 which is announced today April 5th and will GA June 17th 2022.

    See Announcement letter https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS222-092/index.html&request_locale=en
  • Guest
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    Nov 13, 2020

    This is something we would like to address. The RFE is being moved into 'Planned for Future release' status. Please note:
    IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.

  • Guest
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    May 7, 2020

    This requirement has been re-assessed. It is not likely that this will be implemented in the next 12-24 months and so it is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

  • Guest
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    Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

  • Guest
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    Nov 8, 2012

    Can you clarify if the call from the CTG to CICS goes via multiple CICS regions before accessing DB2 (i.e TOR and AOR) and if so how these regions are connected (MRO or IPIC), as this will determine if xid propagation over MRO is also a requirement for this solution.

  • Guest
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    Nov 8, 2012

    The status of this RFE is that it is an uncommitted candidate, which means it is a candidate for inclusion in a future release. That is all we can say at this time.

  • Guest
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    Nov 8, 2012

    Is there any plan for this request? My customer "needs" it. he thinks that the DB2 Lock sharing facilitate the way to solve it.

0 MERGED

A lock conflict issue when DPL access a table through the different CICS path multi-times.

Merged
Avoid the lock conflict issue when DPL access a table through the different CICS path multi-times.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered