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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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Comparison operator in Resource override file

Hi, The resource override yaml file has options to give the filters such as "is" "is not". It would be helpful to have options like "greater than", "less than", "greater than equal", "less than equal". These are helpful to filter resources. Ex: Se...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

INGGROUP should have a parm to prevent entire group outages

The inggroup now accepts RECYCLE to perform a psuedo rolling recycle of the group. You can specify CHUNK to indicate how many members of that group should be processed in parallel. The one thing it does not do is ensure that the previous resource ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

IBM Debug: Warn for active "skip all breakpoints"

Hi IBM, In the Remote Debugger in IDz: To avoid debugging with all breakpoints off: please add a warning if the "skip all breakpoints" switch in the menu is active during start of a new debug session.
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Docu: username / password restrictions CICS Websupport

„CICS Web Support“ expects a special CCSID for username / password whenusing „EXEC CICS WEB CONVERSE“. We came accross it, when testing with BASIC AUTH and a username including an@-character (e.g. user@xxx.de). When reading mulitple documentations...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Future consideration

Include the Liberty dispatch time within z/OS Connect SMF and monitor data (e.g. Omeagamon for JVM and OEM vendors just as Dynatrace)

Without the Liberty Dispatch time we have had instances of large amounts of time in our API call chain being unaccounted for. We had a recent incident with IBM (TS010301362) to assist in identifying what appeared to be a random 5 second spike in r...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Cipher file name on com.ibm.cics.web.defaultcipherfile parm of Toggle file

Hi, Witht he CICS TS61, i see new toggle file parm com.ibm.cics.web.defaultcipherfile={true| false } This parm forces all the outbound calls to use the defaultciphers.xml. We already maintaining a custom cipher file for all inbouds as it is possib...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

New version of HLASM Toolkit feature SPM macros

Hi, This RFE consists of a new version of the HLASM Toolkit Feature Structured Programming Macros. The materials include: - structured programming macro source- test example source- suggested replacement for ch 2 of "HLASM Toolkit Feature User's G...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 7 Not under consideration

Policy system rule for address space CPU consumption

There is policy task rule for CPU time but client needs for the entire CICS address space. In a high workload environment, each individual task may consume an acceptable amount of CPU but all together, they may surpass what is considered acceptable.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to show source program of ALIAS member

In our existing AD version (eg; 6.0.1.x) when cobol program has static assembler call, then search pattern is made towards the actual name of 'assembler program'. Suppose assembler program is not found, then it is considered as 'missing program'. ...
about 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Support %Rx commands in Eclipse

The %Rx command which is available in ISPF is not supported in the Eclipse dialog.
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration