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Status Delivered
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 19, 2013

Throttle for CSOL if CICS is not responding

We had a couple of sev 1 issues recently after an overall system lockup froze everything for a few minutes. Because of the high volume of HTTP messages we process, all of our high volume TOR (WOR) regions went SOS immediately after the systems freed, because CSOL had loaded ESDSA with 32k web request blocks. if CSOL can detect that there is a large queue of unprocessed work before the region goes SOS, then the regions would not have locked up and caused an extensive sev1 issue. Our current solution is to fix ESDSASZE to prevent the overall SOS in ECDSA, however now we have to manage this one DSA which is not recommended by IBM.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Dec 11, 2015

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS TS 5.3 which is generally available from December 11th 2015.

    The new SOTUNING SIT parameter specifies whether performance tuning for HTTP connections occur to protect CICS from unconstrained resource demand. If the SOTUNING SIT parameter is set to the default value of YES, if the region becomes overloaded CICS temporarily stops listening for new HTTP connection requests. If overloading continues, CICS closes existing HTTP persistent connections and marks all new HTTP connections as non-persistent. These actions prevent oversupply of new HTTP work from being received and queued within CICS, allowing feedback to TCP/IP port sharing and Sysplex Distributor, promoting a balanced sharing of workload with other regions that are sharing the same IP endpoint and allowing the CICS region to recover more quickly.If SOTUNING is set to YES, CICS periodically closes persistent connections to allow more efficient sharing of workload across regions that share IP endpoints, using technologies such as TCP/IP shared ports and Sysplex distributor.

  • Guest
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    Oct 6, 2015

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS TS 5.3 which was announced on October 5th 2015 with a planned general availability date of December 11th 2015.
    For more information see the announcement letter http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS215-363

  • 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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    Oct 2, 2015

    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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    Nov 26, 2014

    It would be useful to understand what criteria need to be considered for feedback into the socket listening process. The RFE describes the SOS condition, but there are also MAXTASK and TCLASS limits which can affect the task scheduling from the socket listening process. Do you use MXT and/or TCLASS limits to control transaction scheduling from TCPIPServices.