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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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Recover autotask/operator assigned to a MTR resource

SA MTRs that execute timed commands, once in execution or queued to an autotask, are never rescheduled if assigned AUTWRK is cancelled. A STOP+START of the affected MTRs is required to reschedule them. To solve this user can create an automatic RE...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Opportunity to sort IBM HourGlass: Controls Overview

Sometimes we have more than 1000 entries in the Controls Overview.To better manage this we want to have the opportunity to sort the entries after a column (for example (User-ID).
almost 10 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Invalidate GUR cache / update SQL metadata

IMS caches DBD and PSB metadata for IMS applications and JDBC based tools using SQL access to IMS databases in the so called GUR cache. There are situations in which an invalidation of this cache would be helpful like situations in which DBD metad...
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Future consideration

CICSPlex Global TRANCLASS

We would like to have a the possibility of defining Global Tranclass Resources, and this way to be able to activate them with 'CICS System Group' scope in a CICSPlex.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

z/TPF Large MQ Message Support

1. Mainstream MQ from the IBM Hursley Lab supports up to 100 MByte Messages in both the server and client implementations. 2. The z/TPF version of MQ supports up to 4 MByte Messages. 3. Z/Systems Hardware Compression is not available on z/Systems ...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

CICS shutdown initiates phaseout of all the JVMSERVERs prior to PLTSD pgm execution.

Running under CICS TS 5.4 with WebSphere Data Interchange (WDI) which provides PLT shutdown program EDIJSTOP. However, CICS is setting the JVMSERVER status to PHASEOUT before passing control to PLTSD pgm, hence EDIJSTOP is unable to run, hence EDI...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

automount aws files on OS request

Implement an automatic mount function of aws tapes on awstape device driver. it should be possible to feed the virtual tape drive with scratch tapes without physical awsmount intervention.
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Add FIX capability to SYS1 catalog compare in Adv Catlg Mgr (as previously requested in RFE34731)

I had submitted RFE34731 for Adv Catalog Mgnt for zOS 2.4 to add the capability to compare SYS1 datasets in different master catalogs and provide the fixes to sink up the missing datasets. Just like the alias compare does now. I receive notificati...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Generate JCL support for Non-ILE Assembler Debug/CC

Support to generate JCL for non-ILE assembler programs. Currently IDz has options to use with ILE Assembler , and are missing support for non-ILE Assembler programs. The missing part is minimal just need to add a new proc and configure it in IDz.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

CMAS connectivity timer

The 5-minute CMAS timer used when connecting multiple CMASes in a SYSPLEX should should be made tunable.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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