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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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zospt could provide a method to deploy a image to an existing region

CEB wonder if zospt could provide a method to apply a image to an existing region, even the region is provisioned by zospt, so that they could deploy new resources once the region is been provisioned.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

Perform Hierarchy for Programming Patterns CICS

The 'show in perform hierarchy' feature of RDz shows too many Performers for RPP Screens. It works great for performs in batch, but is confused w/ screens. See the attached image. There are many Performers of F80-SCHL-R, but most are not directly ...
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

RPP - Identification des entités design non utilisées

Il n'est pas possible à ce jour d'identifier les entités design qui ne sont pas utilisées, ce qui serait fort utile dans le cadre de travaux de ré-urbanisation d'applications
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Multiple CICSPLEX view for CICS Explorer

Requirement:Ability for CICS Explorer to connect to, display, and manage resources in multiple regions simultaneously regardless of which LPAR and/or SYSPLEX might contain those regions.  Permit logical groupings of regions by function withou...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CTG Explorer plugin - Provide interval statistics

Statistics values returned seemd to be all Lifetime and not Interval. When shooting a problem interval stats are probably the most important
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer be provided with an ‘Interrupt' or ‘Cancel' button

Provide the CICS Explorer be with an ‘Interrupt' or ‘Cancel' button, for data requests that were incorrectly defined
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

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

Add Automatic retention / expiration similar to CA Views ERO

add the process of assigning retention criteria within the product, and a batch or automated process that expired older archives and reports
almost 13 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 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