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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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WAPL usage of REXX literal strings causes EQQI232F when FIND results > 250 characters

After selecting applications and operations in the current plan with FIND command, WAPL will substitute the FIND results into a statement via the -@FILTER syntax. WAPL inserts the results of the filter as a REXX literal string. REXX literal string...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

ZDHST disp tot

The command zdhst when displaying the dumps totals from the logs in the file system results in ( UNABLE TO GET HEAP STORAGE FOR ZDHST COMMAND) way too often. The current process is to use the file(s) within the file system across the LC complex to...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

equest nature/scope is to update GDPS so that falsely generate GEO558I event does not trigger FREEZE

Performing other testing which produced a message id of GEO550I caused a freeze to occur. As this was not the actual GEO550I the text was not the actual issue. It appears that other message ID's could also cause similar executions.
over 5 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

CDC UNABLE TO ALLOCATE STORAGE

There are several problems with this message. 1.) The documentation says that the user needs to take no action (when action is really needed).2.) When we're trying to set a global that has already been set, the user may or may not know that it has...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

NEED TCP/IP SSU Counts made available

It is currently understood that high speed and low speed messages are going away. However, the TCP/IP messages are of extreme value for us and our ability to assist in the troubleshooting for when problems occur. When a problem currently happens, ...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

zDT - Sample DB2 Data from source to target

Allow for the selection of sampled data during unload of DB2 data. Sampling either by # of records or sql select statement.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

File Manager for DB2

Today in File Aid we have the ability to set the selection criteria on any column relatively quickly by just keying in a value and running the sql. With File Manager it seems the only way to accomplish this is either getting the entire table back ...
over 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

BYPASS for ZFCTB LOAD

There are times we may want to bypass the FCTB validation when using Norm State FCTB Load. It would be beneficial if we could load a FCTB in Norm when wanting to delete a pool type, for example.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Allow more than 9 break levels in Programming Patterns

We recently had reason to develop a program with more than 9 levels of control breaking. The source of the input was a DB2 cursor. We tried to use a group field, but that does not generate correctly when using an Organization of '2'. The group fie...
over 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 7 Not under consideration

TPF CPU Measurement report for our clients

This request is for IBM to provide HP with the ability to provide CPU measurement reporting for TPF systems running for one of our clients. The data will help both provider and customer manage the CPU performance of the TPF applications and system...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / Other 2 Not under consideration

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