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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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INGINFO Number of history lines ?/SYS/? resources should be customizable

We start to use ihe INGSTX command to update user-defined status items. These updates generates lot of HSAL6181I messages to been seen in INGINFO Resource => MVSJ/SYS/MVSJ History : 2014-10-13 11:10:38 Status Item Update HSAL6181I Variable attr...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

TAAM cambio en allocación de fichero de syntax check, permita HLQ

TAAM cambio en allocación de fichero de syntax check, permita HLQ, ya que si no, es necesario incluir en las rutinas de SMS el perfil userid.ALLOCOPT.SYNTAX
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Discrepancy for column timestamp in table DS_ACTIVITY_%

Recently we started to use the Data Set Component. Something seems strange with the column timestamp used in tables DS_ACTIVITY_%. The only timestamp collected is the one of job start time, that is from fields SMF14RSD,SMF14RST. But for a long run...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

CRLF insertions occur at undesirable locations

A "Line Feed" control character insertion at offset 132 is occurring on printed output from TXSeries with CTG print deamon. TXSeries development team has identified the insertion is not a result from TXSeries. The insertion is a result from the CT...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 3 Future consideration

Add functionality to ISQCCMD

Please add the LOAD and SYSRESET common command functionality to the ISQCCMD when running in LPAR Management mode using the BCPii interface.
over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Add TASK option for ENQ API in TXSeries

Add the TASK option to the ENQ API.
over 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Future consideration

RDz9.0.1.2- COBOL program control Flow issue - PMR 50537,004,000

Problem description Hi, We have an issue with Program Control Flow option on a COBOL source module. when we open the program control flow for a cobol module, we get the program control flow view and see all paragraphs in the COBOL source module. T...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Maintain a waiter count for CORHC/ENQC type events in the event table

The count of waiting ECBs for any given type of event in the event table has to be determined by counting the number of chained SWBs. A count of waiting ECBs should be added to the event table item. This would allow a) fast support for an ENQC enh...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Alert on event table waiters (CORHC/ENQC) exceeding a user defined value

We need to be able to alert on event table waiters exceeding a user defined value, much like we can currently alert on RHT waiters. The alert would not take any action, it would be a warning mechanism of contention build up. User exits in the supp...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

New AAO for defining HLQ for temporary data sets

This RFE is opened on behalf of BNPP Fortis. Current code selects the hlq for temporary datasets for instance for use with INGPLEX IPL in rexx AOFRACF0 based on the hlq of AOFSTAT.The customer requires a customization option to define this hlq him...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration