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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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possibility to resolve copybooks during SCLM browse

When browsing a program in SCLM perspective the copybooks are not resolved by COBOL or LPEX editors. It works during edit and operation log shows an extra step:SYSLIB Retrieval Operation Copybook support has been introduced for edit with http://ww...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Seamless 64-bit Linux support for COBOL Importer

On Red Hat Linux 6.0 64-bit or newer, the COBOL importer code in IBM Integration Bus Toolkit does not work. Additional configuration is required to install RedHat libraries. Discussion with the Enterprise COBOL team reveals that this is a limitati...
about 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Configuration Mgr Plug-in BETA 52

The BETA 52 Configuration Mgr CICS Explorer Plug-in does not contain all the functionality of the ISPF interface. Specifically for a Chg Pkg, to "install" and "set approver" - these are not in the Plug-in and should be to complete the process. Tra...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Configurable dynamic server selection for Client Application

Configurable dynamic server selection (round robin, fail-over, back-end of scalability) for Client applications using the ECI V1 API, including the ability to dynamically modify the routing policy.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IMS LOCKMAX USERMOD to disallow or restrict the use of the value '0' and provide a min to max range for LOCKMAX values

Wellpoint needs a LOCKMAX parm usermod to allow us to restrict or disallow the use of the value '0' in BMP EXEC parms or in a PSBGEN. Also would like to have the option to specify a minimum and maximum range of values for LOCKMAX
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

Requirement to suspend the transaction when accessing named counter resource; instead current CICS region wait on QR TCB

Improve CICS access to Named Counter resource. Today the entire CICS region waits while one transaction access this resource using QR TCB. Customer request is to meanwhile suspend the transaction, releasing the QR TCB and giving chance to others t...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

OMEGAMON Command and LOGON Security

Change OMEGAMON logon security, only if a SAF product is used, so that no logon is required and command checking is performed when entering the command. When a user enters the command then they should be asked for their SAF userid and password and...
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

This is a test

This is a test of submitting an RFE
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 0 Not under consideration

Transport data to remote CICS programs and transactions

I need the ability to pass data to a CICS region when a request is made that results in a request to a remote CICS region within the same system or sysplex. This could include LINK PROGRAM or START TRANSID.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Show additional system activity at the time of an Observation Session

Show what was executing on the system at the time an observation session was occurring.
about 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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