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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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Reduce CPU utilization by TPFDF data collection

TPFDF open/close routines in UBC0 collect data for ECB resource monitor, CDC, and TPFDF data collection. These collections run constantly but are rarely used. A switch to control these counters would reduce CPU utilization by TPFDF.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Facility to monitor the LACB/LACBE usage for CICS

The number of IRC and IRC XM LOGONs are limited per SVC per LPAR after which no more CICS regions are able to register. There is a need for some facility/tool/command to monitor the usage of related control blocks especially LACB/LACBE.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

RSE 'Compare with each other' - ignore data in pos. 73-80 (as an option)

In RSE I select two programs and perform 'compare with each other'. The window shows me two programs side by side and differences between. We are using Endevor as a source repository. Endevor inserts data (basically program number and some statist...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Platform deactivation without deactivation of bundles

We have > 20 and soon > 50 applications on a platform. At the moment it is not possible to deactivate a platform without deactivating the apps. This is very bad. If we want to add a cics region in production on the fly to a platform region g...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Cics Explorer Virtual Reality Support - Operators View

At the moment there is only omegamon to visualise running transactions in cics and to see the cics environment (CICSPLEX) this is very difficult to do it in a simple way, because there is too much information in it and you need to be a specialist ...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

PL/1 bundle phasein support

We have the developer requirement to quickly test his application in test state. For this we will use zospt to create a new cics for the developer. He then has his own region to test the application. If the developer compiles a modul in a componen...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Cics explorer Enhancement of application activation

The cics explorer we have at the moment is not able to activate and deactivate one ore multiple applications at the same time and move the applicaitons with one step to available state. This habit is very bad, we have to click very often.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

zospt job support

Our Cics Regions run not as started tasks, but as jobs. We would need to create jobs instead of started tasks.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / Other 0 Future consideration

Rechercher un fichier ou un PDS dans RDz avec une * dans la premi?re partie de son nom

La recherche d'un ensemble de fichiers s?quentiels (ou PDS) qui ont en commun la fin de leur nom (ou plus exactement dont la premi?re partie du nom diff?re) est impossible depuis RDz alors qu'elle l'est depuis le 3270.Par exemple, nous stockons no...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

A number of features are requested for System z Data Editor

I am opening this RFE on behalf of my customer, BNP PARIBAS ITAM department. Six features were requested in the PMR by the customer of which 3 will be in a furture release of RDz. Without these 6 features, the customer will not use the editor and ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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