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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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    Password spray alerts various sources

    zSecure Alert is uniquely equipped to capture events and circumstances at near real-time and can serve as an early alert for such incidents as password spraying from external sources. The identification of an attack from external sources (SSH and ...
    2 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 0 Submitted

    Implement a BMS map editor/viewer

    Costumer is interested in have a VS Code based BMS map editor, so they can do the same edits they are able to do on Eclipse. Costumer is moving to VS Code and needs the tool to have at least the same capabilities as Eclipse based IDE.
    9 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Under review

    recover GM should indicate date and time for the data

    After a stop, when we do a RECOVER GM, we do not know the date and time of the recover. We should find somewhere the date and time of the last good consistency point. This will probably be the first thing ask by management in case of real DR.
    about 2 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    add an option in STOP SECONDARY script for GM to stop with consistency

    The script to stop secondary in GM doesn't permit a STOP with coherency. The script STOP SECONDARY should implement an option to stop consistenly.
    about 2 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    MOVEGM withour full sync on metro mirror

    When you do a MOVEGM script in 4 sites, this result in a full sync of the metro mirror. The procedure should avoid the full sync, as in CSM.
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    have a TESTCOPY_CAPTURE script in MGM6

    In MGM6, the procedure for a DR test is not included and we must pass manual scripts on different KSYS. You should implement a MGM6SITE_TESTCOPY_CAPTURE with RS2 or 3 as target.
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    option to be in sync after a planed hyperswap

    Planned hyperswap must have an option to be directly in sync with the original box. This will avoid a loss of sync for a planned operation.
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    planned hyperswap must check for non proxy connected LPAR

    Force planned hyperswap to check the LPAR connected on disks before running the hyperswap. We forgot proxy LPAR on a CU, and the LPAR freeze because of this. We can see in the log that GDPS find not proxy LPAR on the volume but it did the swap any...
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    have the possibility to have an empty configuration to prepare a GDPS proxy

    For GDPS preparation (start the netview on production LPAR), we want to be able to load an empty configuration. Once everything is ready, we will load the final config
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    script must pass, even with a PPRC link down

    When there is a PPRC link down (due to connection issue), scripts cannot be run. The script must be able to run, even with a link failure.
    about 3 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

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