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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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CICS Event Processing Diagnostic Mode

This was MR0316112559 in the FITS system, Submitted 03/16/2011...... Bank of America would like the ability to trace or do some problem determination when they deploy an "Event" and it either fails to work or there is a problem with the deployment...
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Inquire Details of Autoinstallmodel terminals or Typeterm

With 'CEMT i AUTI' you can see a list of Autoinstallterminalmodels or Typterms, but you cannot look to further details as other resources like files oder terminals. If you type on the line a command like ? or Enter, you don't see any further Detai...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

System Automation possibility to switch the gateway monitoring ON/OFF

During the planned IPL of one of the Lpars in our enterprise (18 Lpars), the gateways to/from this Lpar to all the other Lpars are disconnected (of course). This results in a red message on the gateway panel on all the other lpars.Especially when ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Create AD Plugin for MacOS Eclipse

Many of our Engineers and other users of AD have Macs and cannot use AD as the Eclipse plugin is not certified for MacOS Eclipse. Create an AD Plugin for Eclipse on MacOS so the tool is not limited to only Windows users of Eclipse.
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Increase User Limit of 512 for Recoverable CFDT

We have a proprietary CICS dynamic transaction routing exit that uses a recoverable CFDT for managing its routing data. There is currently a CICS limit of 512 regions that can connect to a recoverable CFDT. During our busy processing season, we ne...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CICSPlex Security (CPSMOBJ) - Greater Permission Granularity

Currently the CICSPlex Security (CPSMOBJ) rules are limited with respect to CPSM WLM Resource Administration. The OPERATE CPSM ESM group already allows you to break access down by Type (ie: CONNECT, PROGRAM, etc.) The use case below, contains an e...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

RSA/SHA256 support for digital signing in CICS web services

We would like CICS web services to be able to digitally sign a soap message or xml fragment using RSA SHA-256
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Enable switching from PACBASE and COBOL facets in the same workspace

Problems may appear when switching from one facet to another.
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Is a defect

INGDYN CREATE option to force the usage of the latested templated

We need an force option for the INGDYN CREATE function so that the latest template will be used to create the resource.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Enahance debugger to load real source for debugging

Opened on behalf of the customer. Here is the description of the issue/problem: If I use a regular edit session (under z/OS Projects view) to open a Cmember then select an include file and press F3, I can open the selected .H file in that edit ses...
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Not under consideration