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This RFE is also satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is GA today 14th December 2018.
This RFE is also satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is announced today 2nd October 2018 and which has a planned availability date of 14th December 2018.
For more information see the CICS TS V5.5 announcement letter https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS218-352/index.html&request_locale=en
From z/OS V2.2, VSAM provided a dynamic buffer addition capability that allows for the addition of extra buffers for an LSR pool if no buffer is available for a given VSAM request. For CICS, it is preferable to retry the request rather than allow uncontrolled expansion of an LSR pool, so dynamic buffer addition is being disabled for CICS LSR pools. We will not provide an option to turn it back on. This change is supplied to CICS TS 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 via APAR PI92486. The apar closed 6th February 2018 and the PTFs will be available shortly.
This is something we would like to address. We would plan to always disable DBA for CICS LSRPOOLs and not provide an option.The RFE is being moved into 'Planned for Future release' status. Please note:
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