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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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Cobol program to mass delete TSQ stored DTCN profiles

DTCNDELETEDEADPROF does not fit our environment. We need a COBOL application - or a application which does the following: - save profiles wanted to keep - delete TSQ - write TSQ with profiles saved before each week or each day or each time CICS ar...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RDz support open copybook inside Assembler program

Support open copybook member in context menu in Assembler program, same as Cobol.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Debug Tool Plugin Outline View in CicsExplorer

When I use the Debug Tool plugin in CICS Explorer, I do not see any program information in the Outline view. In IBM docs i found the following information:CICS Explorer displays, by default, the Outline View. You cannot use this view, but you can ...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Multi Connecttions to LPARs

We run RDz and PD tools in an environment with 8 LPARS, leading to many connect per user of which we have up to 200.We therefore suggest an option in RDz and PD tools infrastructure to enable reuse of connection setup.We have password synchronizat...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

DTP over IPIC

enhance IPIC to support DTP
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Requesting reporting feature to show what datasets are on what DASD Volumes

AB&R does not report on what dataset is on what DASD volume. This is an important time-saver that our current product, DR Manager, provides.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Request that product provide a list of datasets excluded from restore

AB&R does not provide a listing of data sets excluded from the restore.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Requesting reporting of total DASD utilization

AB&R does not supply us with total DASD utilization.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide some 64-bit compiler intrinsics when compiling 32-bit on a 64- bit architecture

The xlC compiler supplies (many) intrinsics that be used in lieu of assembly. Some of these intrinsic work on 32-bit words, and some on 64- bit double-words. (There are many others, but our interest here is 32- bit and 64-bit). __lwarx() load-word...
over 11 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 8 Not under consideration

Debug Functionality

Can't bring up symbolic source to set a breakpoint without executing the transaction.
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Future consideration

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