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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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CJSA attached after CICS shutdown initiated

The Liberty Server in CICS still accepts incoming requests after the CICS shutdown has been initiated (indicated by message DFHTM1715) because the JVM has not closed the port immediately. But the CJSA transaction cannot be attached as it is define...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Ability to configure number of lines within a JCL being submitted through zOS Explorer

A very large JCL being submitted through zOS Explorers JMON interface, are using a large part of the ECSA for inter task communication between the RSED and JMON tasks.Ultimately leaving limited ECSA available for other system communications.It sho...
9 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Delivered

Timeout HA IPIC connection to CICS

Current IPIC connections to CICS cannot be timed out. In case of outage of a z/OS Connect instance on the same LPAR, the load can only be processed by z/OS Connect and CICS (IPIC connections) on the other LPAR. We want to remove LPAR-specific depe...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

New BIF: MEMUVALID()

We work more and more with UTF-8. To verify a longer Unicode String to be valid, we are very over the limits of the length of a variable. So we will need a BuiltInFunction like UVALID() but with Pointer and Length like the other MEM-Functions ->...
11 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Simplified JSON structures when generating bottom-up services from CICS channel applications

The JSON Request and Response structures created for a CICS Channel Service contain nesting levels that complicate the API interface and appear to have little use.
about 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Delivered

ability to map multiple response messages with API Requesters

With API Requesters, we need to ability to map multiple API response messages for a given API , with the zconbt tooling, and have the appropriate transform done based upon the http response code. Implicit in this request is the need for transforma...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 7 Delivered

ORF option to discard changes made during database initialization

ORF currently abends with a 'GE' status code in the apply phase, if changes are made to the database during initialization. We'd like an option in ORF to disregard these changes instead of trying to apply them. It would reduce abends and eliminate...
over 1 year ago in IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS / Database Reorg 3 Delivered

DBCS support with SDF

SDF function is important user interface of Z SA.However important messages sent to the focal are garbled only after the session disconnects between the target and the focal.DBCS messages should be displayed correctly when sending after reconnection.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Delivered

Provide support for http strict transport security

To secure web communication http strict transport security has been developed. Please provide a way to implement this for a TCPIPSERVICE by a parameter
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Batch Job Wizard support of multi-action job stream

Currently only one function can be generated via the batch wizard. One is unable to generate multiple commands as may be needed.
3 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

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