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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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ZD&T V13+ - Organized/Systematic zOS Shutdown & IPL

ZDT Tools clean z/OS Shutdown & re-IPL
over 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Planned for future release

Command Line Parameter to Specify Settings Instead of Saved Session

We need a way to specify starting a session by specifying parameters instead of a saved session.
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 7 Planned for future release

Enhance Data Collection Metrics on Preallocated ECB heap and application stack

Expanding preallocated heap and appplication stack storage can consume signficiant memory since the increase applies to all allocated ECBs. We need more metrics to understand the distribution of prealloacted heap/application stack usage by ECBs th...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Planned for future release

changing the console log files destination directory

EPO needs to write console log messages in a specific directory in a /log File System with enough space and not in the /var TXSeries region directory.
almost 4 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Getting LFAREA Statistics with TDS

As APAR OA48913 for RMF , could it be possible to map SMF 7x and create tables in order to collect information about large memory frames (LFAREA) usage. Is there any possibility to add some tables within the MVSPM component?
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

z/TPF ETIM System Profiler enhancement to report z/TPF TE MIPS by z/TPF TE Eligible Middleware Components

a. Enhance ETIM System Profiler report to provide a further break down of TE MIPS by major TE Topics and further into Functions by I-Stream such as: i. Compression i. Compression ii. Middleware Application i. Rules Engine (RE) ii. LDAP ii...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Memory de-allocation of Library Function variables before leaving the function

We would like to see the automatic de-allocate of the local Library Function Variables before leaving the Function. This would reduce the memory consumption of the CICS Transaction.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Planned for future release

suppressChangeEvent on DojoCheckBox and other Dojo-fields

RBD9.5 introduced a property suppressChangeEvent on DojoTextField. This was very useful since we were now able to eliminate a lot of code that would simulate this working when set to true. However, this property seemed to be implemented on text-ba...
about 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Planned for future release

Drop & recreate DB2 views only when tables change

Currently the DB2 views are dropped and recreated each time a component is re-installed. Doing so removes security every time an install job is executed. This incentivizes us to update less often because we have to open requests to security to gra...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

Make "Q"ueryXDR option available on panel VPCPSTA1

In working with z/OS Proxy clients it is often necessary to check on status of individual clients from the "Standard Actions" panel (VPCPSTD1). However, when trying to diagnose problems with hyperswap enablement we frequently need to use the secon...
over 8 years ago in GDPS 1 Planned for future release

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