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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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Incomplete display of subsystems in SPOC on /DIS SUBSYS ALL

As descriped in the PMR, when in SPOC a "/DIS SUBSYS ALL" command is entered, not all information about a subsystem that uses a "<" as subsystem recognition character, is displayed. In IMS it is very well displayed.Example (SPOC):IMS3 1 CONN IM...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Is a defect

RDz9.0.1.2- COBOL program control Flow issue - PMR 50537,004,000

Problem description Hi, We have an issue with Program Control Flow option on a COBOL source module. when we open the program control flow for a cobol module, we get the program control flow view and see all paragraphs in the COBOL source module. T...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Repository batch interface

Customer would like to have the possibility to directly access the IMS V12 Repository dataset via a batch utility in order to generate flat file (and/or sysout). This batch utility is requested in order to avoid any impact with online activity and...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to display (List) all or selected REPO resources belonging to a specific IMSid

Customer would like to have the possibility to directly display (list) all or the selected IMS V12 Repository resources belonging to a specific IMS id. He would like to have this capability as a directed option within the Query command (without an...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

the "find all" in the cobol editor

have the "find all" function in the COBOL Editor as for the LPEX editor
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Naming of the Omegamon XE agents

Each zOS based Omegamon product agent has its own method of determining the hostname for the agent. This naming is hard coded and the methodology can be different between the different agents. Thats's why it is necessary to get the CTIRA_HOSTNAME ...
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Multiple RESLIB levels support for DBRC API

Currently, to use DBRC API, the IMS RESLIB must be allocated to a job. This requirement becomes a problem when a tool that needs to access to multiple RECON sets that are at different IMS levels. DBRC API should allow for an option on the STARTDBR...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Maintain a waiter count for CORHC/ENQC type events in the event table

The count of waiting ECBs for any given type of event in the event table has to be determined by counting the number of chained SWBs. A count of waiting ECBs should be added to the event table item. This would allow a) fast support for an ENQC enh...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Alert on event table waiters (CORHC/ENQC) exceeding a user defined value

We need to be able to alert on event table waiters exceeding a user defined value, much like we can currently alert on RHT waiters. The alert would not take any action, it would be a warning mechanism of contention build up. User exits in the supp...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

CICSPlex wide support TRANCLASS

TRANCLASS definitions should be able to be defined as CICSPlex wide, rather than only region wide. This would ensure that the MAXACTIVE value is for the entire CICSPlex.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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