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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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IMS V15 WADS support zHyperLink

IMS v15 WADS logging should use zHyperlink (ZHL) protocol supported by the DFSMS Media Manager I/O driver and ZHL for both reads and writes to boost performance. Background The IMS system software has exploited/relied upon the DFSMS Media Manager ...
about 5 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 3 Not under consideration

RFE for IMS Signon Re-Verificatioin

Provide a run-time IMS parm in DFSPB000 that will allow both password and passphrase re-verification to be activated / de-activated more dynamically than coding the DFDSINTX0 exit routine to set the SCDPVER bit on in the SCD. Also, consider a type...
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Please replace SYSPLEX_NAME lookup table with SMF30SYP

The SYSPLEX lookup table is obsolete for tables that read from SMF type 30 records that already include the SMF30SYP field. It would be acceptable to us if the collect process read directly from this field where possible, or allow the collect jobs...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

Config Manager needs better resource overlay detection

Configuration Manager needs a better mechanism for detecting resource overlays as packages move through the topology. There are instances where if the same resource/resources exist in multiple pacakges that have been migrated into a configuration ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Need a new transaction equivalent to CEMT INQUIRE

The auditors want reports on who has accessed critical transactions such as CEMT. Even though we have our security definitions set up so most users can only use INQUIRE with CEMT, SMF simply reports a user executed CEMT with no further breakdown. ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TRDUMPCODE Current count increase in size

For the TRDUMPCODE display, would like to increase the Current count from 4 digits to at least 6 digits. Although it seems like a excessive amount, we have had occasions of test CICS regions creating more than 100K transaction abends when triggere...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Procedural argument(s) for compiler LIST option

When using the LIST option of the compiler, it produces a pseudo-assembler listing of the entire source, which, according to the Enterprise PL/I for z/OS Programming Guide, "Specifying the LIST option will increase the time and region required for...
about 10 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Update of bundles via phasein (like programs) and NOT via CEDA

CEDA and CEDB are CICS administration transactions and not allowed for other coworkers like application developers! A reason for this is the revision because CEDA for non-administraors are a very big securityhole!
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Not under consideration

Provide load module attributes at autoinstall time

Our CICS program autoinstall exit program has been designed to set the DATALOC attribute based on the AMODE of the program being autoinstalled. Since CICS does not make load module attributes directly available to the autoinstall exit, we are loca...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Queue Status Display should include Last Put/Get Date & Time, Message Age, and Queue Existence Times

We need the ability to see the LGETDATE, LGETTIME, LPUTDATE, LPUTTIME, MSGAGE and QTIME on the ZMQSC DIS QL-qname STAT command similar to the MQ distributed platform. dis qs(NAVS.AASWCF.TO.AVS.DISTRIBUTOR) 12 : dis qs(NAVS.AASWCF.TO.AVS.DISTRIBUTO...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

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