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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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Allow an implementation for DFSMS Media Manager parameter UPDATE=YES and CATOUTP=NO

We created a Marketing Requirement #MR0519105051 based on DFSMS Media Manager support team request. Title is "Allow IMSFP-DEDB ADS close without BCS access." So we need new implementation for DFSMS Media Manager parameter UPDATE=YES and CATOUTP=NO...
about 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

IMS support for WLM IWMCNTN (Contention notification service)

Customer sometimes suffers from very long response time of FP online transactions during heavy IMS BMP workload period.The reason for the delay on online transaction is lock contention. The lock holder is BMP regions.With WLM service class definit...
about 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

Support for ZVFAC USAGE FA RECID=0000 entry

Data collections show almost 1% of VFA reads are for record ID x'0000', this is a default bucket for records that don't have a RIAT definition, one of these is ID'00EB' accessed by CVAA from #IBMM4 ordinal #IFMSG (0x4B). This ID was only found by ...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

debugger bct trap

The customer is asking for a debugger enhance that would allow then to trap on the first instruction outside of a BCT loop , whether it's due todue to branching out or by falling through the BCT loop
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Add ERASE/NOERASE support to AAM

Client requires the ability to force NOERASE on VSAM allocations to insure HSM can perform normal migration processing.
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

QUERY EXECUTION TIME

The query execution time which is useful does not display on the STATUS tab when using "sample contents" or ? ?"return all rows" in the DATA SOURCE EXPLORER. ? ? ?It does show when I enter my own sql. ? ? ?See example:? Query execution time => ...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Add support for single row select for static SQL in EGL generated java code

This RFE is related to RFE 15634. After this RFE is realized, there would be possibile to generate EGL SQL Java code with static SQL binding. Than we would like to have function "single row select" implemented. With this solution we can improve se...
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

File Manager should accept concatenated files for the FMNCOB DD

Now: Dataset pointed to by the FMNCOB DD must be a single PDS/PDSE that is used internally by the ATTACH macro as a TASKLIB. Should become:Dataset(s) pointed to by the FMNCOB DD can be concatenated PDS/PDSE's
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

QUERY OLR

QUERY OLR should allow master haldb name to be used instead of having to use each partition name.
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 4 Not under consideration

ADJUSTMENT ON DFHPILSQ

GoodmorningWe would like program DFHPILSQ (CPIL transacation) to be changed so that it doens not wait 60 seconds for a new message to arrive on the Q.We would like to see a second version off this program that processes a MQ messages and maybe a s...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration