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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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Low-level API for CADP Debug Profiles

The IBM products Rational Developer for System z (RDz) and Rational Integration Tester (RIT) require the ability to programmatically (non-interactively) read and write the CADP based debug profiles. At present, the only exposed interface is the tr...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support Task Tags in LPEX System Z editor for COBOL

System z LPEX editor supports Task Tags for C/C++ and HLASM. Task tags within COBOL & PL/I should be supported also.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Refresh automatic Fault Analyzer Plugin PDTOOLS

the idea would be after the opening of a log file, have a way to refresh the view or the history file as the monitor JES
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RFE - Option ALL not available for ROW COUNT

Option ALL not available for ROW COUNT
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

T2 DB QUIESCE command issued and no RMs are available in the IMSPLEX

"When none of the RMs are available when DB Quiesce issues the IMSPlex-wide request to terminate the DB Quiesce process, the DBQ process resource is not deleted from the resource structure and the databases remain quiesced, with no easy way to get...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

Add pipeline support for XML

Add pipeline support for XML similar to JSON pipeline.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Support private DB2 connection in Application

Provide DB2 connections as a private resource or dependency in an application.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Remote DB2 connections for application/platform

Add remote DB2 connection support for applications and platforms.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Can OMEGAMON do the REAL TIME MONITORING of "SUPPRESSED REQUESTs" for online CF monitoring

Recently ABC hit a very urgent performance problem due to CF request service time severely impacted by "SUPPRESSED REQUESTs". These requests is a consequence for high contention scenario, which happened for Named Counter Structure in ABC productio...
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Limiting the number of trace files in Performance Analyzer

System: z/TPF Toolkit Performance Analyzer Actor: Program developers using the Toolkit PA Description: It's possible for Performance Analyzer (PA) to run a whole heck of a lot of times if the program(s) being analyzed for a given registration entr...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration