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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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EXEC CICS LINK - DPL to remote system with link TIMEOUT value

EXEC CICS LINK PROGRAM(STEVE) TIMEOUT(NNNN) timeout value for DPL in seconds.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

recovery for files edited with carma quick edit

when editing in RDZ 9.5.1 or earlier a member from CARMA, there is no recovery for the file.and no history .
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Ability to alter DSNAME or attributes of file within CBAC regardless of the type of CICS startup(COLD/WARM/EMER).

The ability to alter the DSNAME or attributes to be effective after a COLD start within CICS Batch Application Control is needed.
over 5 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Debugging with MFI in a CICS PLEX environment

When debugging from 3270 interface (MFI) and setting a transaction for debug, you must first determine in which region the transaction will be run. This does not work well with the CICS solution for high availability where the transaction is being...
about 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enable concurrent use of replication and vaulting in CTC

CTC support replication as a mechanism by which the local tape pool is replicated to a remote location for high availability. CTC also support eVaulting which moves a local tape to a remote location for business recovery. Once a tape has been repl...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance CPSM routing to ensure workload is not routed to a Non Responsive MAS

In the event that a CICS target region become non-responsive we need to ensure that workload is not routed to that region. This may require a new routing algorithm, and could encompass other situations where are target region should be removed fro...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Object Oriented COBOL support in CICS

Currently Object Oriented COBOL is not available in CICS. We think that CICS should support the entire suite of features in IBM COBOL, so developers can use all the functionality of IBM COBOL, without limitations by the platform.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CPSM to detect unavailable subsystems directly

CPSM needs to directly recognize when subsystems such as DB2 or MQ are not available to a target region rather than depending on routed workload abending in the region to change the weight of the target region. In addition this could be linked wit...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Webtool - add the possibility for another user to restart zDT

Several users, with different accounts, are managing the zDT instances. We need a new functionnality in the WebTool that detect if the userid is not the one who started the process, check if he can be root, and upgrade his priviledges when restart...
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Change PopUp Cursor

When i use Subfile with Popup the code for the PopUp Picture is:<img src="/HELLWEB/common/images/validValues.gif" onclick="popup('HATSForm_in_1724_1')" alt="Werte..." onmouseover="this.style.cursor='hand';">It would be better when you could ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release

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