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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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NEWCOPY solution for CICSPlex applications

CICS to provide a solution/utility to do NEWCOPY against a module across all the CICSPLex regions where the PGM exists.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

HSBC UK - VTP Recording and/or Replay Filter Enhancement

VTP RFE: Can VTP limit the recording to only the application-owned modules necessary for the test scope using either include or exclude filter? Then at REPLAY, VTP only executes the selected application-ownedprograms that have been recorded and it...
over 3 years ago in Test Accelerator for Z 1 Future consideration

Support for Elliptic Curves x448 and x25519 in Java 8 SDK for z/OS.

Java 8 is globally used by a number of applications in Traditional zWebSphere v8.5 and v9.0, the company standard requires the latest elliptic curves to secure applications externally and internally.
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Preprocessing with UTF-8 characters

Parsing Programs with UTF-8 characters causes us Problems with our preprocessor functions
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Connect:Direct SMF Collection

IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS, a managed file transfer product, has the capability to generate SMF data (Type 132) if its statistics exit, DGAXSMF, is activated. Historical statistics are available using Connect:Direct's online interface but this pr...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

CICS WEB APIs supported by TXSeries compatible with CICS TS API same IDEA opened for CICS TX

the API of CICS TS and CICS WEB, they are not exactly the same. Following CICS WEB APIs are supported by TXSeries to work CICS application as HTTP clients: WEB PARSE command WEB OPEN command WEB CONVERSE command WEB CLOSE command ...
over 1 year ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Future consideration

CICS WEB APIs supported by TXSeries compatible with CICS TS API

the API of CICS TS and CICS WEB, they are not exactly the same. Following CICS WEB APIs are supported by TXSeries to work CICS application as HTTP clients: WEB PARSE command WEB OPEN command WEB CONVERSE command WEB CLOSE command If you look into ...
over 1 year ago in CICS TX 0 Future consideration

Omegamon z/OS - Sum of z/OS fields

We use some panels in Omegamon TEP to monitor our environment, specifically the CP consumption on our z14. We have a problem understanding the total machine consumption because the physical % CP and overhead % are separated and we can't put them t...
about 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Better handling of message inserts agains stopped TPIPEs and transactions

When applications perform asynchronous callouts over a TPIPE and the distributed service, which should receive the messages isn't available it comes to a queuing in IMS. Depending on the amount of asynchronous callouts the message queue can get fi...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

Menu Manager output dialog persistence

Allow user to perform other activities in IDz while the Menu Manager output dialog is displayed. Currently, if there are results shown in the output dialog that the user needs to reference for other activities, users need to close the dialog befor...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

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