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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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Enable Omegamon for JVM to monitor de zCEE DVM apis

Our client wants to exploit DVM thru zOS Connect apis, but is not posible to monitor the time of SoR when the system of records is DVM, at the latest Omegamon for JVM version its only posible to have the hole time spent consuming the api not the S...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Taking code coverage of processes which runs many PL/I programs

Our request is to capture a code coverage data of over 10,000 programs running on a IMS FP region without restarting a IMS FP region. Our online modules running on IMS FP are managed by SAIL framework, a IBM Japan asset programs. There, basically ...
over 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Provide MODESET data in Explorer

We use the WUI to look at MODE information instead of needing to log into hundreds of CICS regions to review this data. We are trying to standardize the using of Explorer and remove the dependency on people using both Explorer and the WUI. Can yo...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

File Manager to recognize Regular Expressions to use for Searching for value strings to change or for deletion.

This RFE is to request Regular Expressions be recognized by File Manager, specifically in the Find/Change option to better assist customers with, e.g., mass changes to JCL libraries.
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG) Add OSA input list monitoring

To identify / understand the bursting nature of the OSA input list, we would like a mechanism to monitor the queue specifically at high TCPIP volume rates. Sending this information to CDC RTMC is a potential solution.
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add timestamp offset for ZMATC data

PJ46868 added a timestamp offset for ZRTMC data delivered from TPF to linux. This RFE requests the same functionality for the ZMATC data. This would allow for consistent data timestamps for any TPF system that has a non-UTC system time in RTMC and...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Support submitting PSB changed definitions as DDL statements from IMS Explorer

Hi, IBM IMS Explorer does not have support to submit PSB changes as DDL statements to an IMS system. But it does for DBD definition changes.
over 4 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Future consideration

z/TPF Geographically Dispersed Processing for High Availability

Multiple z/TPF Customers; Citibank, SABRE, Marriott, Amex, and TVPT, desire an implementation of z/TPF where at least two geographically dispersed z/TPF Loosely Coupled Computing Cluster (LCCC) Systems may cooperatively process against the same da...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

automatic recall of migrated datasets when using zUnit

zUnit creates some dediated files on mainframe, but if those datasets get migrated, zUnit is not able to recall these datasets automatically. Can this be provided ?
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

Enhanced eventing API

Customer is looking for z/TPF to be enhanced to support some sort of external interface that allows the current ECB to exceed MAXEVENTS.  Conceptually, the current ECB should be able to call some restricted external API that gives it the priv...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

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