https://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/myview/subscription/css.wss/folders?methodName=listMyFolders&navBar=0&tabInd=0The latest updates about CICS Transaction Serveren-USCopyright 2007 IBM Corporation. All rights reservedcssadmin@us.ibm.com (CSN Administrator)Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:48:00 GMTThu, 26 Nov 2009 20:04:45 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gifhttps://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/myview/subscription/css.wss/folders?methodName=listMyFolders&navBar=0&tabInd=0http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21038748&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou receive message DFHSM0131 CICS is under stress (short on storage below 16MB). You notice that there are many CSMI mirror transactions in the region. Your transaction definition for CSMI specifies TASKDATALOC(BELOW) and your program definition for DFHMIRS specifies DATALOCATION(BELOW). You are using the resource definitions that come with CICS.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21038748Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:48:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21412191&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=ROn 8 December 2009 at 11:00 AM EST, a WebSphere Support Technical Exchange presentation on CICS Explorer: Collecting Diagnostics will be delivered by Bill Bulfin, a subject matter expert. An open question and answer session will follow the presentation.Newsswgother.swg21412191Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:49:44 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007244&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSBTJX&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RThis document contains all Webcasts including the Support Technical Exchanges and other miscellaneous presentations that have been presented for the CICS product family.Webcastsswgother.swg27007244Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:08:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27016653&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSS2L7A&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mynp=OCSSPPU4&mynp=OCSSPPUS&mync=RThe IBM CICS Explorer is a new graphical tooling interface for CICS, providing significantly enhanced levels of usability and integration. This Support Technical Exchange includes a short introduction to the CICS Explorer followed by a question and answer period in which a group of subject matter experts answers your questions about the topic.Webcastsswgother.swg27016653Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:53:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27017236&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RThis Support Technical Exchange offers alternative approaches to diagnosing COBOL working storage overlays that reside outside of the scope of the CICS storage checker and COBOL's language features. The approaches include coding concepts, along with CICS dump and trace diagnostics. Level of Difficulty: Intermediate Presenter(s): Paul Albrecht Date: 12 November 2009Webcastsswgother.swg27017236Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:18:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018039&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RSupportPac CS04 provides a Java program and associated artifacts that allow you to display and change some of the values in a CICS TS V3.2 or V4.1 WSBind file from a z/OS batch jobDownloads and driversTools/Utilitiesswgother.swg24018039Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:59:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21410541&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou are using the IBM CICS Explorer for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V4.1 or V3, and the CICS Tools plug-ins. You would like to know, where can you find the full explanation and user response for CICS Explorer messages that begin with CNX?Problem solving informationTechnotes(FAQs)swgother.swg21410541Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:39:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21399558&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou want to start using the CICS Explorer for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V4.1 or V3. You need to know things like what version of the CICS Explorer you should use, how do you download and configure the CICS Explorer, and how do obtain updates?Problem solving informationTechnotes(FAQs)swgother.swg21399558Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008833&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSS2L7A&mynp=OCSSWHM2&mynp=OCSSSN2Z&mynp=OCSSBQNK&mynp=OCSSWU2Y&mynp=OCSSBTJX&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mynp=OCSSPPU4&mynp=OCSSPPVB&mynp=OCSSPPUS&mync=RFix lists summarize all the APARs for each version, release, and modification (VRM) level of the currently supported CICS products.Product documentationProduct information and publicationsswgother.swg27008833Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:33:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21231874&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSS2L7A&mynp=OCSSWHM2&mynp=OCSS2KZV&mynp=OCSSBQNK&mynp=OCSSWU5H&mynp=OCSSWU2Y&mynp=OCSSBTJX&mynp=OCSSDPL6&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mynp=OCSSGMJ2&mynp=OCSSPPU4&mynp=OCSSPPVB&mynp=OCSSPPUS&mync=RYou should review the Preventive Service Planning (PSP) bucket information for a product when planning for an upgrade or applying maintenance. Often, you might not know the UPGRADE or SUBSET name of the PSPBUCKET. This document gives the links directly to the PSP buckets for supported releases of CICS Transaction Server, CICSPlex SM, and CICS Tools. You can also find any PSP bucket on the Web for any product.Problem solving informationPreventative Service Planningswgother.swg21231874Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21408160&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RNew Function (NF) APAR PK81603 enables you to perform syncpointing when using an IP interconnectivity (IPIC) connection into CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V3.2 from TXSeries for Multiplatform. PK81603 closed on 28 October 2009.Newsswgother.swg21408160Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21210514&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RHow do you get the latest updates to the documentation in the information centers for CICS Transaction Sever for z/OS (CICS TS) and the CICS Tools?Problem solving informationTechnotes(FAQs)swgother.swg21210514Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21406231&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou are running Compuware Abend-AID with the CICS DB2 option that uses transaction AADB and receive error message DFHSM0102 A storage violation (code X'0F0C') has been detected by module DFHSMAR.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21406231Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:06:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384227&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou have an application that issues a START TRANSID command, with the PROTECT (or an option causing a delay) and REQID options, for a transaction that is defined as ROUTABLE(YES) and DYNAMIC(YES) on the local region. On the remote region (the one that the START is routed to), you define the transaction as RESTART(YES), and a TSModel with RECOVERY(YES) and a prefix equal to the value of REQID in the START command to make it recoverable. However, CICS does not recover or restart your started transaction if iProblem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21384227Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:48:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21393308&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYour CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) region uses SSL connections. You receive message DFHDS0002 with error code X'0137'.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21393308Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21407529&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou are running DFH0STAT from the PLTSD (shutdown PLT) and you need to know, why are MRO and ISC connections and modemanes statistics not included in your CICS shutdown statistics?Problem solving informationTechnotes(FAQs)swgother.swg21407529Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:24:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21392582&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou receive an abend ACRD when there is an IPIC connection (IPCONN) available to carry out the transaction routing request. The ACRD abend is seen when attempting to transaction route a non-3270 terminal over an IPCONN, or on the enhanced routing of a terminal START request.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21392582Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:19:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21408368&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=ROn 12 November 2009 at 11:00 AM EST, a WebSphere Support Technical Exchange presentation on Serviceability for COBOL Working Storage in the CICS Environment will be delivered by Paul Albrecht, a subject matter expert. An open question and answer session will follow the presentation.Newsswgother.swg21408368Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:18:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21407678&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYour CICS region comes down unexpectedly due to an abend 0c4. The dump shows the abend 0c4 is in TMON module $QSFINDR by Allen Systems Group (ASG).Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21407678Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:55:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24024202&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RCA0A provides Java™ application to generate COBOL program that accepts data from CICS channels and containers, to be passed to a COBOL program generated by ILOG Rules for COBOL.Downloads and driversTools/Utilitiesswgother.swg24024202Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:11:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21386166&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYour CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) Web service requester application issues an EXEC CICS INVOKE WEBSERVICE (or INVOKE SERVICE) and does not receive a response message from the service provider, even though it has been sent.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21386166Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21390855&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou are trying to connect to the CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) information center update manager site by clicking on the Update manager icon in your local infomration center. However, the connection fails.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21390855Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:16 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21407700&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=ROn 4 November 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT, a WebSphere Support Technical Exchange presentation on CICS Explorer - An Overview to the New Face of CICS Transaction Server will be delivered by Byron Baldwin and Shayla Robinson, subject matter experts. An open question and answer session will follow the presentation.Newsswgother.swg21407700Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:12:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21220678&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RFor many countries Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November. You would like to understand the impact that the DST time change has on CICS Transaction Server. You would also like to know when DST will begin and end in your country, and the action that you will need to take.Flashesswgother.swg21220678Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:19:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21403183&myns=swgother&mynp=OCSSGMGV&mync=RYou are shutting down your CICS regions and receive DFHZC0140 SETLOGON PERSIST failed. RTNCD,FDB2: X'00',X'00' Code: X'FB5B'.Problem solving informationTechnotes(Troubleshooting)swgother.swg21403183Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:51:00 GMThttp://www.ibm.com/legal/us/Terms of UseTerms and conditionshttp://www.ibm.com/legal/us/