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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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Real-time syntax check should diagnose data-type problems

The real-time syntax checker of LPEX or the COBOL editor fails to diagnose arithmetic upon alphameric data. With the following example: 01 DATA1 PICTURE X(5). PROCEDURE DIVISION. ADD 1 TO DATA1. SUBTRACT 1 FROM DATA1. MULTIPLY 5 BY DATA1. DIVIDE 7...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

CICS CSD INPUT: when application source code in synchronized, the CICS CSD updates are updated to project as well.

Customer wants to be able to somehow update CICS CSD as input to make/build process in an automated process. When CICS CSD is updated, or perhaps every time there is a SYNCHRONATION PROCESS of updated source code, a new CICS CSD input is provided ...
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

IDZ IMS property group PL/I settings generate JCL GO step debug options

For programs which include IMS (batch or transaction) while developers generating JCL for GO and DEBUG step and IMS checkbox within PL/I properties of IDZ Property Group is enabled, GO step with DEBUG parameters is not generated. Instead, customer...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

When you Create a new dataset from existing dataset it should copy data as well from existing to new dataset

Hi, When I create a new dataset using Allocate Like in RDz I wanted to copy my data as well from my old dataset to new dataset. Thanks,Naren
over 8 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Support for SSH Monitoring

SSH has recently become part of the operating system as of z/OS 2.2. SSH provides a secure form of remote connection to systems and/or appliances. Omegamon for Mainframe Networks does not currently provide monitoring support specifically for SSH.
over 8 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

CPSM API: A new query function to identify available CMAS's

The CPSM API should support a new query function that could be called prior to any CONNECT operation. This query would scan and locate all active ESSS's on the local LPAR via the z/OS subsystem chain, extracting from each ESSS information about al...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Provide a way to reset the RM Program Resource from other than the owning IMS

We need to reset the RM Program Resource by command, from other IMS than the owning IMS, to release a program that is held by a failed IMS.
almost 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

zDT and z/OS maintenance

We would like to apply maintenance to our zDT environments without SMP administration work. We would like to apply PTFs in a more Agile way: easier, faster and without SMP overhead.
almost 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V4/V6 - Support LARGE or EXTENDED format for SYSUTn

When the compiler work files are declared as LARGE or EXTENDED format, explicitly by JCL (DSNTYPE=LARGE), or implicitly by an SMS dataclass, the compiler triggers an S213-14 abend. The compiler should support LARGE and EXTENDED type format on the ...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Support for PseudoRBA IAM files

We have a client that is requesting support for PseudoRBA IAM files. They use PseudoRBA for claim history files which can be quite large. File Manager did not copy their history files and maintain PseudoRBA, but they did not get a copy error eithe...
almost 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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