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Question
Your CICS application receives a RESP=84 (DISABLED) or RESP=19 (NOTOPEN) when accessing a VSAM file because the file is allocated to a batch job. The file is dynamically allocated and you do not want to add a DD statement to the CICS startup job. The application needs the file and you would like to know: Can CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) be made to wait until the file is available?
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CICS/TS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server
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