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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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Issue WTO message for impending certificate expiration

Our CTG customer has requested that CTG for z/OS be enhanced to issue a WTO command every x minutes prior to the CTG SSL server certificate expiring. The customer wants to define a JVM property such as com.ibm.ctg.ssl.certificate.expiration.warnin...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Document the different stages of compilation

In addition to our request 150104, we suggest that the different processing stages of the COBOL compiler be documented, and that the different actions performed in these stages be described:- processing of REPLACE directives- processing of COPY di...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

RMF CPC Report Retrieval Reliabilty Improvements

To obtain CPC-level metrics for all LPARs running on a CPC the OMEGAMON PlexView agent KM5PDAG issues a system level query that drives a system level agent (KM5LDAG) on an RTEMS selected from an internally built list of all M5 RTEMSs running on th...
almost 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Restore a file from Shared File System backup into SFS without creating the entire directory structure of the user.

When a file from a Shared File System is restored, the entire directory structure from the original user filespace is created, even when just one file is restored. After the restore all these obsolete directories have to be removed again. Especial...
almost 2 years ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

Facilitate UTF-8 in the ZCEE service provider

In CICS Channels / Service Provider ..... Currently the z/OS Connect EE toolkit does NOT accept/recognise PIC U (i.e. UTF-8) statements as introduced in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v6.3. We have a requirement to ensure that ZCEE facilitates requests...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

More easily configure the configuration of a userbuild

The configuration of a userbuild under IDZ requires, among other things, access paths for the groovy script and for the workspace and the output space.These input fields should be optional and you should be able to type them or copy values into them.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Future consideration

Support alternate jobname for HVT volser tasks

When the primary HVT tape server tasks initiates a volume specific function (mount, xfer) it starts a subordinate task with command S servertask.Vvolser. The result is that when capturing CPU usage statistics everything shows up under the serverta...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Identify .jar file manifest dates to identify old code

Most .jar files have a manifest that contains information about the package. This includes package date. This information is helpful in identifying old version of things like Apache servers.Detail info about manifest:https://docs.oracle.com/javase...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

CTG 9.1 z/OS Put Critical Errors On z/OS SYSLOG

We would like to see critical CICS Transaction Gateway error messages displayed to the z/OS SYSLOG where they can be intercepted and acted upon by AF/Operator. The closed PMR for release 9.0 40504,L6Q,000 referenced in this RFE shows how to put al...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Support for generating AMODE 31 with xlclang++

CICS does not support 64 bit LE programs. xlclang++ cannot be used for CICS development.
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration

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