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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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To make the broker backup portable to any OS.

We need to migrate WebSphere Message broker from Sun/Solaris servers to zLinux servers and having problem to restore brokerdue to the current mqsibackupbroker output can only be restored to the same OS level. We have many many bar files from diffe...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Migration Utility for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Increase accuracy of "Identify unreachable code"

From the above PMR, there are too many restriction and limitation of this feature currently and make it hardly to report an accurate result. The feature then become unreliable and not able to consume.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Need CPSM auto affinity for LOCK/TASK similar to LOCK/UOW that extends the affinity to the entire task.

Need a CPSM auto affinity for LOCKI/TASK similar to LOCK/UOW except that the DPL affinity is extended to the lifetime of the task and not just the UOW.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 8 Not under consideration

CPSM BADWRKLD documentation.

Message that indicates bad workload in CPSM and information on how to get detailed documentation. The exception trace records are suppressed with PM44954, there is no indication of how to be aware there is a BADWRKLD problem, and how to get docume...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

allowing replacement across files

Currently there is a 'search' facility that looks for text in files in a folder but there appears no 'replace' feature that would allow replacing text across many files.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

XML-converter should do XML2LS and especially LS2XML conversion in one phase without the use of any intermediate structures

In WSDL first approach the xsebatch generates XML-converter that do the XML2LS and LS2XML conversion in two phases. In the first phase intermediate, generic structures will be created. In the second phase the target binding will be completed out o...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

SGW-Enterprise: Provide hooks for integration of data compression between ICON and IMS

Provide a hook at side of ICON and IMS to integrate custumor code to implement a data compression/uncompression in wsdl first scenario of SGW-enterprise solution. This hooks have been provided in generated XML-converter and MPP-template.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 6 Not under consideration

Design and realize an algorithm and config-setting to reject huge SOAP requests/respectively huge PL/I response payload

SGW-enterprise, WSDL first approach: Design and realize an algorithm and configuration setting to reject huge SOAP requests/respectively huge PL/I response payloads and send back a SOAP Fault instead of processing the request/response.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

There is no CICS API/SPI or command to display the AID chain.

Provide a API/SPI similar to the INQUIRE TSQ and DELELTEQ TS for AIDs. The INQUIRE function should return the Trans, Term, Term Status, Owning System, AID Type, Request ID, AID address and Age of the AID. The DELETE or CANCEL function should allow...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Not under consideration

PL/1 Pointer support creating CICS Business Events

The Customer has been running a PoC for creating CICS Business Events to be emitted to IBM Business Monitor. Unfortunately The customer are using pointers in their Commarea instead of data, so building the Events using CICS Explorer dows not work....
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

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