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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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Support IAM option to either the DSORG or DSNAME_TYPE keywords

AAM supports certain functions of IAM datasets. It would be beneficial if selection criteria could be used to control intervention based on whether a dataset is of type IAM or not.
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

SuperC read Panvalet

Please add support for reading Panvalet to SUPERC.
over 7 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 2 Not under consideration

Continuous replication in case of OLDS/SLDS I/O error for IIDR for IMS

We plan to use IBM InfoSphere Data Replication for IMS to replicate DB changes from Main system to DR system. Capture sever stops replication when OLDS/SLDS I/O error occurs. If unplanned switch occurs at that timing, lost data is larger than norm...
over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

Definition de langage dans le design

Lors de la création d'un nouveau programme dans RPP nous oublions fréquemment d'y ajouter la définition de langage sur le fichier "*.cbl".Serait-il possible d'ajouter un champ de saisie de la definition de langage dans l'onglet "definition" des de...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Improve FM user's guide documentation - RDW fields

Allstate requested we provide the default values when the INRDW and OUTRDW fields are not provided with a DSC or other function. I don't see the default values documented in the publications.
over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Cobol V6 - PARMCHECK option

The PARMCHECK option of Cobol V6 (PTF for APAR PI78089) is used to detect the memory overflow performed by a subprogram called by a CALL statement.PARMCHECK is limited to adding a buffer zone at the end of the Working-Storage of the calling progra...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

ADDI and filters

It would be nice if filters could be used to select library members to be read into ADDI. This is not possible in Build Configuration for JCL's for example.It is possible in Build Client later in the process but that is a bit late.
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Data Collection Metrics on Preallocated ECB heap and application stack

Expanding preallocated heap and appplication stack storage can consume signficiant memory since the increase applies to all allocated ECBs. We need more metrics to understand the distribution of prealloacted heap/application stack usage by ECBs th...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 1 Planned for future release

Application Discovery retrieve compile options from JCL

Need to retrieve the compile parameters from the JCL source files . The compile options that are specified in the JCL source files should be stored somehow in the AD database , so we could retrieve them.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

API Properties & components link

About API Properties:When a user is looking for an APi properties (From z/os connect EE server view) he can see some informations that are fine but non exaustive. It may be more interesting to have an overview about all files that are dependant (j...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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