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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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Switch between slot in SW00SR view don't work

In Toolkit 4.6, in debug, the SW00SR view is not updated when switching from one slot (TPFDF database) to another. Example in attach file : when we click on the second slot (25000B00), the details (and also Core Blocks, ...) are note updated with ...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Is a defect

Natural programs called from JCL

ADDI doesn't have in JCL a special treatment for NATBATCH so we don't treat it as NATURAL program call interface. This functionality is very important for the customer.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Identify copybook location when using Endevor CARMA

The developer needs to know the exact copybook library where a copybook is being displayed from when editing or browsing a Cobol program from Carma (using 'edit with'). The copybook libraries are specified in the Property Group.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Exception Object Enhance

Exception handle is an important mechanism to help programmers debug their programs. Many of the literature books mention the use of this mechanism to increase the quality of the application. Although C11/C14 has no longer recommend the use of the...
over 7 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Not under consideration

Additional NVPC/ZMOWN metrics to assess LP eligibility (TPFUG/Visa)

Good candidate workloads to run LP must have a low CPU burn per LP redispatch rate to ensure they will get out of the way of transactional work. Currently, the only way to ballpark the CPU burn per LP dispatch is to use CPU consumed and DASD FINDs...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add command for changing retention period for all selected data in one step.

Our customer like to have a command for the change of the retention period of all selected data in one step . Customer will have – when in production – up to 3000 datasets which may be necessary to change the retntion period. Manually this would t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Implement preserve-root option on zfile rm

zTPF should request "positive confirmation/are you sure" on certain potentially harmful ZFILE commands.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Enhance CICSPA to support COLLENGTH for TASKCNT on PROFILING report

The amount of transaction volume on our production LPAR causes this field to be displayed with exponential notation usually with an E2 or E3 suffix. For accuracy it is preferred to have a complete number for this field.
over 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

PROCOPS - store system IPL data in the product

FI-TS uses PROCOPS to manage z/OS- and zLinux-systems on system z as well as GDPS on some systems. To IPL the non-GDPS z/OS Systems FI-TS uses own files holding the relevant data. This is cumbersome as necessary changes have to be done outside the...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

Build Server and Panvalet

Support extraction of members from CA Panvalet libraries in the Build Server.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration