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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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Separating CICSPlex SM Workload by Program

To cope with increasing workload and avoid single point of failures we would need the possibility to separate CICSPlex SM Workload by program analogous separating the work in a workload based on transactions.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

zDT Tools mainframe program re-install

Provide a compatibility mode for the zD&T mainframe components supporting zDT Tools for new versions.
almost 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Exit command for Library

Hi, We coding EGL on RBD 9.5.1. We use exit program command to exit from the program.When we use exit command inside the library, generation error is occuring.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Not under consideration

Query zD&T License Count

A REST api to return the number of licenses in use and the total number of licenses. This would be applicable to all types of licenses (ex: Enterprise and Parallel Sysplex)
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

Pause/Resume zD&T

In order to manage zD&T licenses and avoid having to ipl (or dynamically configure an instance of a running z/OS under zD&T), we are requesting the following: The ability to “pause” or “Quiesce” a running z/OS within the emulator and free ...
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Snapshot a zD&T Instance

Create a snapshot of a paused/quiesced system that would include the state of the memory, disk, communication, cpu, etc and have the ability to save it and restart the instance on the same machine or a different machine (or VM)
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Support des colonnes DB2 XML dans la génération des DDL et des accès SQL

Bonjour, Merci d'ajouter le support des colonnes XML pour le SGBD DB2 (z/OS).Ceci concerne :- la g?n?ration de DDL ? partir de Bloc Base de Donn?es- la g?n?ration de hosts-variables compatibles avec les colonnes XML des structures en organisation ...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 6 Not under consideration

Avoidance of repettive HourGlass ACES scans in AGGELIG

This is a dramatic CPU-time reduction request. HourGlass processing is controlled by an "ACES", a table in ECSA strorage. The table contains information on whether and how to change the local time during a TIME service call. This is done by runnin...
almost 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support for Corba/IIOP in CICS TS 5.2 and further

Corba/IIOP support is discontinued after CICS TS 4.2 It would be of great benefit to some of our customers if support for CORBA/IIOP be made available in CICS TS 5.2 and CICS TS 5.3, either directly in CICS or as a feature under the Liberty JVM Se...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Some special transactions can be as free from MXT control as CICS system transactions

Some special transactions can be as free from MXT control as CICS system transactions and can be scheduled to run as soon as possible.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

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