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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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RDz - Enhance JES to show where I am in the input queue

Recent enhancments to RDz have been great. However, it would be helpful to know where my job is in the input queue. Sometimes the system is slow and I have no idea if my job is getting closer to executing or stuck where I need to contact the appro...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CPSM passing information to outside CICSPlex CMAS

Using CPSM with multiple CICSPlex definitions, the CMAS regions should not need to communicate with other CMAS regions that are not part of the CICSPlex
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Update cicsmigrate script to change codepage on TXSeries connection definitions

After migrating our TXSeries region from AIX to RHEL, we could not longer invoke TXSeries transactions from CICS/TS (even CRTE) without getting A28D abends. It was necessary to manually change the RemoteCodePageTR parameter on all of our TXSeries ...
about 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Using the FIND from Find/Replace in GUI yeilds no results

When invoking the Formatted Editor from inside Fault Analyzer on a Load library member, and using the Find function of Find/Replace, no / incorrect results are displayed
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance the efficiency of MIBJ (Migration of the journal) by the migration of the programs that use the entities migrated in

Having a new input parameter for MIBJ (migration of the journal) to complete the migration of the entities of the journal by the migration (and re generation) of the programs that use these entities. In other words, generate and migrate automatica...
over 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

remote support for mon list var(indx)

Monitor expression Var(indx) in remote debug session shows all available variables . Support is available for MFI
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Temperature value in attrubute group of omegamon agent

Customer needs to monitor temperature values of z/OS server (CPU, system board and etc) over IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent. Please include this functionality into further releases of ITM Agent
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add PROCESS RENT cards to generated XML Parser in CICS WebService Support

Would like the generated XML Parsing logic to include the PROCESS RENT where any other PROCESS cards are added. When multiple programs are in one source member and a new set of PROCESS cards are found, the options are reset to the compiler default...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Support Transaction Class Group to Enhance Transaction Availability

BOC use transaction class to restrict the transaction concurrency number, as their are more than one transaction in the transaction class, if one of the TRAN has reach the Maxactive which defined by Tclass, all the other transactions will not be a...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration