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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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VFA lost after some ZAPAT add entries

VFA lost during Softipl afer a couple of ZAPAT add entries. We analyzedthat the system limits 100 ZAPAT ADD entries as defined in ipat.mak andthe system prevents to add more. During investigation we found severalerrors in handling these spare entr...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

CICS XMLTRANSFORM Assistant utility add entries into an existing Bundle

CICS XMLTRANSFORM assistant utility creates one Bundle for each XSD schema or let to overwrite an existing Bundle but isn't able to add a new entry into an existing Bundle. It does mean that Customer has to define in CICS TS one Bundle for each sc...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

find or locate command avalaible through ISPF panels for statistics

CICSPA should provide locate or find command when accessing statistics information through ISPF panels
almost 12 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Remote syntax check in context of remote systems explorer should use userid for jobname instead of HLQ

System Rational Developer for System zAction: Remote Syntax Check in context of remote systems explorer In the context of the remote systems explorer, the remote syntax check uses the HLQ to generate the job. This job is not runnable. Instead of t...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

/DIS UOR should display the related PST information

The output of the /DIS UOR command should display at least the PST# but ideally also other associated information (e.g. MPP jobname, BMP jobname, etc. etc.) for each UOR.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

HALDB partition keys should not be deleted when changing from PARTSEL to HIKEY

When changing from PARTSEL to HIKEY any partition keys already defined in RECON should either generally be left as they are or there should at least be an option to determine whether they should be left or deleted.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

FDBR should not abend as a result of temporary loss of the lock structure.

1. Prevent FDBR from abending due to loss of the lock structure.or2. Make it possible to restart FDBR.or3. Provide an ERE light for IMS which would do backout, release locks, resolve DB2 in-doubt threads and then end immediately (or controlled by ...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

MQ Receive user exit

The customer typically uses the CDCSVRCHL SVRCONN channel to monitor system usage using the Tivoli CDC client but realize that any workstation with MQ client software installed can connect to CDCSVRCHL and MQGET/MQPUT to any queue.  Is t...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Put the JVMServer into the CSD CICS BUNDLE definition

We would like the ability to specifiy the JVMServer in the CICS BUNDLE definition in the CSD rather then having it required in the CICS Bundle on the ZFS file system. This would be used if no JVM Server was specified in the osgibundle file that is...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

Reject huge Web Service requests/responses in ICON

This requirement has been submitted as MR1220125727. To prevent individual Web Service requests from blocking ICON instances they should be rejected by ICON. Instead, a SOAP Fault should be returned. This should be done for SOAP requests or PL/I r...
almost 12 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

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