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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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CICS INQUIRE_MONITORING_DATA call should be able to pass a task number

At exit point XXMATT I would like to be able to extract the monitoring information collected up to that point for the task being attached. Specifically I am interested in any delays that may have occurred prior the attaching of the task (MXT delay...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide ability to propagate a default link userid from CTG z/OS to CICS TS over an IPIC connection

Provide ability to propagate a default link userid from CTG z/OS to CICS TS over an IPIC connectionThe initial problem was raised in a PMR was that an IPIC/CTG request does not pick up the link userid from the EXCI batch region's userid like EXCI ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Replication of in memory structures.

Replication of in-memory structures such as CICS name counter server to another sysplex/location.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DTR & DPL processes working together

Based on how our shop is set-up Dynamic transaction routing & Dynamic Programming Linking do not work together as desired. We have 1 to 4 TORs that link to 1-9 AORs for green screen applications, we have an in-house version of DFHDYP that cont...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow the ability to separate intra-partition transient data queues into separate pools.

Allow the ability to separate intra-partition transient data queues into separate pools, assigned to separate VSAM data sets. These pools would allow fine tuning of transient data buffers, in order to favor high performance transient data queues, ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Non-3270 Transaction Routing over IPIC

IPIC currently supports the Transaction Routing but limits it to 3270 applications. This restriction should be removed to allow non-3270 transactions to be routed via the same wire format.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Certificate handling

The problem is the way that CICS as the Client deals with the Server certificates, when compared to how a browser Client handles the Server certificates. The customer sees that CICS when acting as a Client does not treat invalid Server certificate...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Please add CICSplex messages and abend codes to CMAC

Please incorporate the CICSplex messages and abend codes into CMAC facility.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

XPI call needed to switch from basespace to subspace.

Customer running CICS TS 3.1 and 3.2. OPENAPI TRUE BBOATRUE is getting an abendDC2. The abend is happening because the TRUE is getting control in Subspace instead of Basespace. The TRUE that has something to do with WOLA and zWAS . The TRUE is def...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Extend Dynamic Library Support to Cataloged, Non-SMS Datasets (SHARE Requirement SSCICS08009)

DESCRIPT : We would like to use CICS/TS's dynamic library support but most of production load libraries are not SMS managed. This means we would have to leave them in the CICS JCL and using ranks less than 10 for the other load libraries. First, I...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration