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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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job names at the top of installation paragraphs in the program directory

improve the useability of the program directory by putting jobnames at the top of each section of the program directory's installation chapter.
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

enable "FIND" in IMS IVPs

Enable the "FIND" function in the IMS IVPs for variable names and contents, job and step names
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Collapse the File Tailoring and Execution phases to a single phase in the IMS IVPs

Collapse the File Tailoring and Execution phases to a single phase in the IMS IVPs to modify the JCL as needed and then to submit it before moving on to the next step.
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Allow file tailoring via batch

Allow the file tailoring step to be executed via a batch job instead of requiring an interactive TSO session.
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

IVPs should not update SDFSRESL

The IVPs for IMS should be entirely contained within datasets allocated for the IVPs. However, they currently modify some datasets, like SDFSRESL..
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Allow IPCS VERBX commands in SDUMP reviews

With some of the other fault analysis tools, system dumps can be futher reviewed using the same VERBX commands as can be done in IPCS. This allows for deeper manual investigation of a system dump
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

IMS IVP variables (some) not compatible with modern z/OS customer systems

In the IVP variable gathering phase, there are a couple of variables that should be updated/changed or removed to include other options. * IXUUPROC = JCL - User PROCLIB DDNAME (JES2) or DDNAME suffix (JES3) There is really no reason to update the ...
over 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Setting DB2 Client Information from an IMS application

Provide an API for IMS applications to make it possible to provide client information to DB2. This requires modification to IMS ESAF and DB2 IMS Attachment API to actually pass client info. This would require a change to the IMS ESAF and DB2 Signo...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

CICS should prevent a non-initial start from a log that was written by a different release of CICS

CICS currently allows a non-initial restart from a log that was a different CICS release to the one that previously wrote to it. Such a restart should be rejected with Recovery Manager diagnostics that identifies the reason clearly.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Associate FTP connection to CICS CM connection

Associate an FTP and/or z/OSMF connection with a CICS Configuration Manager connection to ensure batch jobs generated by the CICS CM views are submitted to the host z/OS where the CICS CM server is running. Current behavior is for the Submit butto...
over 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

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