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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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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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    Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

    An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
    12 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Future consideration
    173 VOTE

    Double check to execute changes to a table when executing an update, delete or insert query in db2 for z/os

    It is necessary that when executing a query using the db2 for z/os tool that contains a statement of type INSERT UPDATE or DELETE, before the changes are applied to the table, a screen is added indicating how many records will be affected by the e...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 14 Future consideration

    Only start APIs / API requesters, which have been properly loaded

    Currently it can happen, that z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3.0 servers start APIs or API requesters, which haven't been properly loaded. The following sample is from a cluster of two z/OS Connect servers. A new API was deployed into the shared apps direct...
    14 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

    Ability to Add New Application Level User Field to Existing AD in Workload Scheduler

    Description:Currently, when using the ADUSF option, IBM Workload Scheduler creates a new Application Description (AD) with the same name instead of adding the User Field to the existing AD. Additionally, ADUSF requires attaching the user field to ...
    2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    Enhance z/OS Connect EE to support retrieval of a list of outbound requests (API Requesters) deployed on z/OS Connect EE servers configured with OpenAPI 3.

    Currently, z/OS Connect EE provides robust functionality to list APIs via its management interfaces. However, it lacks an equivalent feature for listing API Requesters(Outbound requests)—representing outbound API calls—deployed on a z/OS Connect E...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

    EXEC CICS WEB READ QUERYPARM to accept a CHARACTERSET as well.

    if URL parameters contain of national characters (such as Danish æøå) the EXEC CICS WEB READ QUERYPARM can't be used for getting the data in EBCDIC 277 we want if we get data in EBCDIC 277 that %C3%86 becomes Æ equal '7B'x and %C3%98 becomes Ø equ...
    27 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    Support merging of overlapping packages in wazideploy-generate

    Wazideploy-generate accepts multiple packages and creates a merged package input file for the deployment execution. Today, it does not manage overlapping package well, e.q. Outline: * Pkg A containing a SAMP.JCL deletion * Pkg B containing a SAMP....
    12 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Future consideration

    ETT Job Triggering should consider destination

    This idea relates to the topic of ETT triggering based on jobs that run on a system not under zWS control. Especially in larger environments with multiple zWS trackers connected to the controller, it would be necessary to consider for ETT job trig...
    7 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    Provide a supported method to return a COBOL or PL/I program's compiled SERVCE string to the program at execution time.

    SCLM's often store company-specific information in the SERVICE string to identify not only the date and time last compiled but who last compiled it and under what project identifier string. Currently the only way for a running COBOL program to ret...
    about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

    Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

    As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
    10 months ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Future consideration

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