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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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Increase SIP field MXRECID in DATACO macro to allow for greater than 500.

DATACO (SIP macro) allows RECID be the number between 2 and 500. We need to increase the maxrecid in PSS to 1500 but SIP only allows for 500. Can this be increased? We would like to update this value in SIP to match the online value.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer needs to format out Handle Table Entries set for HANDLE CONDITION / HANDLE AID / HANDLE ABEND

We need the capability to view formatted HTB (Handle Tables). These are part of the PG domain. Each time a program issues a HANDLE CONDITION, HANDLE AID, or HANDLE ABEND, entries get put in the a handle table.
over 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Please remove the latch requirement for DMB obtained during DB compression

We had some IMS BMP performance related issues that showed the more jobs we ran on an LPAR against the same database/partition the slower the jobs would run. Upon review of the IMS Monitor reports and IMS latching log records we noticed a rather s...
over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 2 Not under consideration

Cobol program to mass delete TSQ stored DTCN profiles

DTCNDELETEDEADPROF does not fit our environment. We need a COBOL application - or a application which does the following: - save profiles wanted to keep - delete TSQ - write TSQ with profiles saved before each week or each day or each time CICS ar...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RDz support open copybook inside Assembler program

Support open copybook member in context menu in Assembler program, same as Cobol.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Debug Tool Plugin Outline View in CicsExplorer

When I use the Debug Tool plugin in CICS Explorer, I do not see any program information in the Outline view. In IBM docs i found the following information:CICS Explorer displays, by default, the Outline View. You cannot use this view, but you can ...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Multi Connecttions to LPARs

We run RDz and PD tools in an environment with 8 LPARS, leading to many connect per user of which we have up to 200.We therefore suggest an option in RDz and PD tools infrastructure to enable reuse of connection setup.We have password synchronizat...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

DTP over IPIC

enhance IPIC to support DTP
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Requesting reporting feature to show what datasets are on what DASD Volumes

AB&R does not report on what dataset is on what DASD volume. This is an important time-saver that our current product, DR Manager, provides.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Request that product provide a list of datasets excluded from restore

AB&R does not provide a listing of data sets excluded from the restore.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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