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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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Provide a command SET COLOR xxxxxx MONITOR VALUE

Provide a command SET COLOR xxxxxx MONITOR VALUE ;As of today, Turquoise color is default color for monitor values. We have a command to change the color in the monitor window for LINES are AREA, what contains the names. The commands like: SET COL...
over 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Make COBOL/LE CALL more visible in CICS trace

It can be very difficult to debug CICS transactions that do a number of COBOL/LE CALLs. It would help very much if there was a CICS TRACE entry written when a CALLed program is entered and exited. I am not sure if the TRACE record would be written...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Provide statistics related to DSSPOLICY and DSSGROUP definitions

The statistics available in CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS do not represent the complexities which might arise from usage of the new Dynamic Server Selection policy.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhancements to Gateway Daemon health calculations

Gateway daemon health should reflect the availability of its own resources as well as the availability of the connected CICS regions. Today only the following ECI errors cause the current health rating to be reduced:ECI_ERR_NO_CICSECI_ERR_RESOURCE...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Time used to execute DB2 stored procedure is not reported back to CICS L8 TCB

CPU time reported by CICS *does not* include dependent enclave time. The IEF033I message *does* include dependent enclave time. The dependent enclave time is accumulated in the enclave's ENCB control block, and is then added into the enclave-ownin...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

File Manager copy 2 export from the plug-in

Today, if the customer wants to do a copy to an export format, the only one available being XML, the only interactive possibility is through the 3270 interface.This feature is needed in the plug-in.
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide for ISPF COPY/CREATE command line functionality

On behalf of Lowes and Labcorp, here's an RFE that LPEX supports the ISPF command-line COPY and CREATE functionality
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Dynamically change maximum worker thread and connection manager thread parameters

The ability to cope with unexpected workloads whilst maintaining availability.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. Request to optimize the addition or association of some resource definitions.

On the view "CICS system definitions", customer selects a CICS and presses the button "Add to CICS system group". On the next screen, "Add to CICS system group", customer would like to be able to add the CICS system to multiple CICS system groups ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Bind failure in LU62 connection. Both CICS regions with autoconnect= yes and one of them belongs to a VTAM Generic Res group.

Customer has a LU62 connection between two CICS regions in different LPARs with AUTOCONNECT=YES defined on both sides. One of them is a member of a VTAM Generic Resource (VGR) group, but the other CICS region is not. When the initial BIND request ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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