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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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Need a date in the shared TS server output statistics (SHARE requirement SSCICS08002)

Currently the statistics from the shared temporary storage server only have a timestamp and no date. there is no way to no what date the statistics are for, only the time when the statistics where wriiten to the sysout file. TimeLimit: The sooner ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS TS should allow larger recordsize and blocksize for TDQ

CICS TS should allow customers to specify larger recordsize and blocksize when defining a TDqueue, Currently they can be: RECORDSize ==> 0-32767 BLOCKSize ==> 0-32767
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

provide 64-bit addressing capability for CICS applications

The customer's C/C++ applications get to a size where they urgently need 64-bit addressing support within CICS. The customer's requirements are focused on how existing CICS applications could benefit from 64-bit adressspaces without being modified...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add an error code (DYRERROR) of "C", returned to the Dynamic Routing Program

When a dynamic program link (DPL) routed to a target region specifies a program name and transaction name that are not installed or defined in the target region, CICS returns "ERROR IN ROUTE SELECTION" (DFHDYPDS field DYRFUNC=1) with an error code...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide the capability for user to supply a SECLABEL during CICS sign-on

With DB2 V8, MLS (Multi Level Security) it is possible to provide ROW level security to data in DB2 tables via SECLABELs ( RACF Security Lables) . Although CICS does not fully support multilevel security, you can use it in a multilevel-secure envi...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Prevent DFHMIRS from invoking itself in a recursive manner.

I request IBM provide a modification to program DFHMIRS to disallow the program from recursively invoking itself and exhausting ECDSA CICS storage.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Format The DBPCBSTC (Status Code) In A CICS Transaction Dump

The customer's system includes CICS and IMS DBCTL. The customer stated that a CICS transaction dump for an ADCD abend was generated on his system. This abend gets issued when a deadlock is detected by IMS. . The customer requests that some additio...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Quiesce a target MAS from a specific workload without affecting all workloads it is a target for.

When working with CPSM WLM workloads, a MAS may be a target region for more than one workload. There are times where we need to make changes to a workload (other than simply adding transactions) or we want the active workload to be removed from th...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

global scope enq/dez

An ENQ/DEQ scope, stored on the CF, that would (like a named counter pool in a CF structure) apply to a given set of CICS regions in one SYSPLEX. Just like other ENQ/DEQ facilities it would be best if the ENQ disappeared at end of work unit.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Make INQUIRE Profile threadsafe

Customer has transaction running on open TCB and is seeing the following in the trace:38363 L805R SM 0302 SMGF EXIT GETMAIN/OK ADDRESS(1E53BE40) RET-9E7DA4B8 22:40:49.0766455639 00.0000008750 =002158= 38363 L805R AP 092A APID ENTRY PROFILE NAME(DF...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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