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PINNED Liberty z/OS - identity propagation for ctg - Case sensitivity issue
I would like to request to give Liberty z/OS a new property to upper case user IDs. WebSphere traditional sends the user IDs always in upper letters and while migrating the applications to Liberty z/OS, we are facing problems when the user log in ...
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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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    Require TRANSID in DB2ENTRY and automatically create DB2 transaction mappings. Eliminate manual DB2TRAN definitions to reduce duplication, administrative overhead, and DB2ENTRY/DB2TRAN conflicts.

    Today, CICS requires administrators to maintain both DB2ENTRY and DB2TRAN definitions. In large environments, this frequently results in hundreds or thousands of DB2TRAN resources associated with a small number of DB2ENTRY definitions. I propose m...
    1 day ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Under review

    Add wildcard support to CEMT DISCARD PROGRAM, allowing batch discard of autoinstalled programs (e.g. PROGRAM(ABC*) DISCARD) to simplify troubleshooting, deployments, and problem determination in large CICS environments.

    Suggested safeguards: Require a minimum of three explicit characters before a wildcard. Reject commands such as: CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) DISCARD Prevent discard operations against IBM-supplied resources. Example: CEMT SET PROGRAM(DFH*) DISCARD Optiona...
    1 day ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Under review

    Improve Remote Copybook Resolution Performance for RSEAPI Profiles in IBM Z Open Editor

    IBM Z Open Editor running in VS Code exhibits a slower performance when resolving remote COBOL copybooks while using a Zowe profile configured with RSE API.  The issue is particularly noticeable when the SYSLIB section of the zapp.yaml contai...
    3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 1 Submitted

    Default editor assignment for *.* files when LPEX editor is obsolete

    Once the LPEX editor is removed from IDz, there should be a default editor assigned for *.* files (example Text Editor IBM).
    3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Add ability to customize disconnect page to the user home screen.

    Add ability to customize disconnect page to the user home screen.  Have the ability to include links
    1 day ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 0 Submitted

    Embedding gradle plugins in the Designer image

    As you can see in TS022940654 we have a problem with the Designer that forces us to connect/disconnect the VPN to be able to make a buld of the project and later test the API. The problem would be avoided if the image with which the container is c...
    9 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Under review

    Add support to Test Copy Manager and LCP for virtual SGC environment in GDPS 4-site and external Test environment.

    This solution is required for customers wishing to keep their SGC in a virtual layout, but also want to take advantage of spinning up testing external to their ha/dr resiliency 4-site environment.
    3 days ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

    Provide possibility to limit to limit or stop the creation of excessive connections in CDP

    We experienced an incident in which excessive TCP/IP storage consumption disrupted TCP/IP processing across the sysplex while CDP was creating an unlimited number of connections. CDP does not issue a specific SYSOUT message that can be used to tri...
    9 days ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

    Enhance INGPLEX IPLINFO to Display System Shutdown History and Downtime Analytics

    The current INGPLEX IPLINFO display provides the IPL timestamp indicating when a system was last started. However, there is no corresponding information showing when the system was shut down, making it difficult to quickly determine outage duratio...
    about 3 hours ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Submitted

    Stream Log Files to Loki

    Rewe wants to stream log files directly to Grafana Loki without going through Kafka, doing a conversion from SplunkHEC in Grafana Alloy or using Open Telemetry.
    about 4 hours ago in IBM Z Observability Connect 0 Submitted

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