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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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New Dataspace message

We need a new message to be produced by CICS each time a new Dataspace is allocated. Customers closely monitor storage use within a CICS region. In the past, there was never a need to worry about dataspace storage for Datatables going above 2GB si...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Improve CICS Sockets Configuration and Management

We would like to see the CICS Sockets interface taken over by CICS, rather than being "owned" by z/OS Communications Server (at least I think that's where it is). It's clear from the way one defines and manages this interface that it is not CICS-l...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Reserve task slots for PIPELINE transaction context switches to be able to complete.

When the PIPELINE task performs a context switch to change the userid it will then require 2 tasks to complete the Web Service request. If new requests flood the system then it is possible to have all the available task slots filled with transacti...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Simple start from own pgms&TA's via the CICS midnight processing (GSE requirement GGCIC09002)

At midnight CICS documents its midnight processing with the DFHIC0801 message. It should be possible here to start own programs and transactions with simple technologies (for example via SIT parameters or INITPARM) BUSVAL : 5INVVAL : 5ENDVAL : 1GR...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhanced CICS Program Statistics

Enhance the CICS PROGRAM interval and EOD statistics data to include statistical data for: number of DB2 and VSAM requests, CPU time for each TCB, I/O wait times.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow for STATUS(DISABLED) on program autoinstall

Cannot autoinstall programs with STATUS(DISABLED).Some applications require that programs not be available until application initialization is complete or reset
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide a FSPROF type parameter on the TRANDEF to be used for function shipping requests instead of default DFHCICSF.

Further discussion here has highlighted the fact that DFHCICSF is 'hard coded' into CICS Function Shipping which means it appliesto ALL DPLs, etc., originating from a particular region. We need greater granularity ... i.e., we feel there should a ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Return EIBRESP2 to DPL clients

When a dynamic DPL fails, the root error condition is intercepted by CPSM, and a generic error is returned to the client. This makes subsequent problem determination difficult and time consuming. It also prohibits intelligent error handling in the...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS does not honour programs linked with PAGE ALIGN

Customer has a vendor maintained application that is claiming customer needs toplace an application load module into LPA because CICS does not honour Page Alignment Attributes of load modules (PAGE ALIGN specified on lnkedit).Custoemr is opposed t...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

LPA Dynamic Refresh of CICS modules

Allow CICS LPA modules to be refreshed using MVS Dynamic LPA services as Customer windows to IPL LPARs have become dramatically reduced in availability (in our case now down to 8 times per year).
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration