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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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combine DISCARD function to provide delete (DISABLE/DISCARD) or reinstall (DISABLE/DISCARD/INSTALL)

combine the discard function with activities that are usually performed together with it, e.g. DISABLE/DISCARD for faster deletion or even allow reinstall option (DISABLE/DISCARD/INSTALL) from a definition view
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Need MQ shared message consumption to be responsive to CICSplex workload balancing signals

We have two MQ application patterns which are unresponsive to workload balancing. Pattern 1 An application 1) reads a message from a shared MQ queue, 2) starts a new CICS transaction to process the message, and 3) return to step 1. The application...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CICSplex Systems Management (CPSM) needs to respond better to LPAR workload

Need a new capability in CPSM to allow customers to manage WLM importance 1 workloads to a percentage of the LPAR capacity. Importance 1 workloads, such as CICS, perform best when they represent less than 95% of the workload on an LPAR. In our cas...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Update the PSB/ACB in IMS Transaction Isolation tool

A PSB is created to provide access to IMS resources for an IMS program, this is a one-to-one relationship. This relationship makes it difficult if many developers works with the same data and program. If a resource is shared between applications, ...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Permit group selection of ACPs for enablement/disablement in the CCA node management utility included with the EKMF install.

The ability to perform group selection of ACPs would expediate the task of activating ACPs for a role instead of one at a time. (This would have been particularly useful in activating all the TR31 functions.) Note: We are running EKMF v9.4.1 on a...
about 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation 1 Planned for future release

CDPz lacks ability create Meaning Splunk Data to Rpt on when it exists in 1 SMF rcd

I am trying to create an CPC Utilization by Lpar which all data exists in the SMF type 70 rcd. This is currently being done by MXG, TDSz, MICS and other products, but the default rcds from CDPz is basically unusable. I tried to create a Custom Dat...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Software profiler post processor TRAP should be moved to Linux

Software profiler output on TPF can be written to tape or a file system file, but must be post processed on zOS. The post processor should be supported on Linux.
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Future consideration

CDPz: One datastreamer for multiple data gatherers from different sysplexes

Today, data gatherers and data streamer are locally defined to each LPAR. If we consider that Data Gatherers ( System Data Engine and Log Forwarder ) should stay local to each LPAR, it makes sense to be able to define only one Datastreamer for mul...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Future consideration

Separate Cics Security Definition for Platform and Application

At the Moment the Security function CLOUD.DEF includes: 1) APPLDEF - Create, display, and maintain application definitions in platforms.2) PLATDEF - Create, display, and maintain platform definitions. We need to separate both things, because we wa...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add more information to ZSSLD DIS command for better diagnostics

Please add to the existing display information regarding the allocation of CTXes to each daemon, what daemons are supporting what ports, and a high-water mark for CTXes on each daemon. It also might be useful to display the timestamp of the oldest...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration