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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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CICS TS activation module in DFHISTAR

CICS activation module should be processed in the DFHISTAR step.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Place IGD01013I message ine the joblog for job running the IXCMIAPU utility.

Please consider moving a copy of the IGD01013I message to JOBLOG of a batch job using the IXCMIAPU utility for creating log streams instead of only placing it in the SYSLOG.
about 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Not under consideration

CICS CPSM Timeout

There is a need for additional security in place in these times of cyber attacks became so often. Therefore, according to our IT Security Standards there should be a timeout set for all user sessions. This is meant by any user driven session to an...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Eliminate need for an IPL after a ZKEYS RESTORE

Allow a zkeys restore command to take affect without requiring an IPL.
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

CEDF: Routing between CICS regions

Hi, I have reconfigured the CEDF transaction to be routed to a remote CICS region (from the TOR) as follows:cicsupdate -c td -r CI01TOR CEDF Permanent=no Dynamic=yes RemoteName=" CEDF" I can see that the transaction gets executed on the remote CIC...
about 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Report ECB heap control table statistics

The initial ECB heap control table (IEHCT) allows each ECB to reference 151 heap nodes, more than this requires the ECB to get system heap to extend its IEHCT.As PJ44907 highlights, this process can cause a bottleneck on the system heap lock and d...
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Build Server - more progress information

When working with ChangemanZMF (in this case) the baseline download completes and the Build Client is doing some sort of processing but the customer is not able to determine what is occurring or if the Build is in a loop.
about 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

OAUTH2 for PL/1

We have the need for an OAUTH2 Support for Liberty and PL/1 in Cics. As we talked at the CAF with IBM Montpellier many customers for JSON Web Token is something many customers tend to walk at the moment.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add Batch report function for OMEGAMON XE for Networks

Please provide the function to make the batch report for OMEGAMON XE for Networks, without SAS and TEPS.
about 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Include file type DIF for AS/400 HOD File Trandfers

Allow DIF file type for HOD File Transfers for AS/400's. Users can get around this deficiency but only with additional file modifications. Attachmate provides this file type and it works perfectly.
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration