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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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Using CPACF with HW built-In instructions

ISV likes to use HW Crypto support of CPACF (see Principles of Operation) in their applications running on z/OS. As of requiremts of their architecture and as of performance reasons, they do not use ICSF. So they have to use the CPACF instructions...
about 10 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 7 Not under consideration

CMCI to allow multiple connections

We have 50 CICS regions in our system, and we do not have CICSPlex installed. There is no demand for CICSPlex. Hence, I use CMCI in CICS Explorer to connect to each CICS region individually. .This RFE is to allow more than one CMCI connection (at ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

IBM z/OS Debugger - How to know which register is allocated to variable

Customer is using Assembler language.To debug this Assembler, they are using "IBM z/OS Debugger" under 3270 interface. As a nature of Assembler, variable is often allocated to a certain Register.Hence, while turning on Monitoring the variable, cus...
about 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

DFHFC7084 issued when CICS resyncs to CFDT

This REQ is being raised by CICS L3 Service who actually took an apar for this problem for further investigative work but eventually deemed it to be beyond the scope of an apar fix. Basically, CICS is interfacing with a CFDT Server and an inflight...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS START ATTACH more general

An EXEC CICS START ATTACH command can only be executed as a non-terminal-request. There is a need for a terminal oriented (single threaded) START command that is executed immediately. A START command with TERMINAL is only executed every 256 millis...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Parallel Sysplex version should include the tools

zD&T Parallel Sysplex Edition does not contain the web-based development tools that assist in the management of z/OS images, transfer of datasets, and assistance with DASDs copied to an emulated 3390. The request is to include these tools with...
about 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

CTG certificate parm

Create a CTG certificate parm to point to a specific digital certificate stored on a RACF keyring
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 1 Planned for future release

TWS not status update before Tracker start

【Environment】z/OS 2.1 TWS 9.2５Host　SYSPLEXJES-MASEvent detection using JES-EXITController runs on one host 【Events】During host maintenance, only the maintenance target host is stopped, and operation is continued in a degraded state.When starting a...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Need to remove the limit of 15 columns on the SORTCOLS statement

RFE related to TOM, opened on Omegamon for z/OS because it owns the BASE functions SORTCOLS statement has a limit of 15 columns, as they told us in PMR. If you need to have more than 15 cols the only way up to now is to specify SORTCOLS=ALL. But t...
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION() USECOUNT()

Today you can make: EXEC CICS INQUIRE PROGRAM() USECOUNT() We need to be able to make: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION() USECOUNT()
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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