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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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Provide method to help automate the missing SMF rcds when SMF Extractor is down on a Lpar.

It is possible for SMF Extractor to be down and you can lose SMF data to be collected. The only way to collect those missing rcds for that Lpar is to run a COLLECT and estimate a time. It would be nice if SMF Extractor would give 2 timestamps, 1 o...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Future consideration

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS. Currently, the job log only show what's in JES job log which required extra step to do command 'J' in IzWS to see JCL Directive of the Fetch Member. 'J' c...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

TADZ Reports - New column showing product version and release based on the last GKB loaded

Can the reports be updated with adding an extra column to show the latest version and release of products registered in the lastest GKB loaded. By adding this column would add value because analyst can review and assess how far off products are fr...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

Let server group shutdown during sysplex shutdown

During sysplex shutdown, automation server groups are not able to properly shutdown due to backup systems being unavailable. Server group desires backup system to be available in order to move last APL, however other systems are shutdown. System a...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

COBOL structures and examples for Common Debug Architecture

We would like the documentation and include libraries to the Common Debug Architecture, to be expanded with examples in COBOL, and data structures in COBOL.
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

Need DFS3PU00 to create datasets on selected volser

When our customers setup Managed ACB for the first time in their environment, we don't want to let them manually estimate the size of Catalog Database, Secondary Index, Directory, BSDS, Staging, therefore our recommendation is to create these data...
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

EKMF Web should support the ability to import CIPHER keys from an existing CKDS.

Given that CIPHER keys are the recommended key type for DSE, EKMF Web should fully support the ability to import these keys when they have been previously defined in a keystore.
about 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web / UKO for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Digital chemical composition analyzer reporter device working with the application software

Digital chemical composition analyzer reporting device for every artificial organic product manufacturing Applied when using Water as raw material air supplied in bubble form and applying particular molecular level energy signal enhancing device f...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Not under consideration

SQLCODE = -204 when updating System Tables.

When updating the SYSTEM table with Z Decision Support V1.9.0, the screen display was "System tables are updated successfully".However, there was a table space that failed to create, and "SQLCODE = -204" was recorded in DRLOUT. In this case, pleas...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

NOUNREFALL option: improved warning messages

When using RULES(NOUNREFALL) the message---IGYSC2262-W **RULES(NOUNREFALL)** No references to "XXXXXXX", nor any of its subordinates if "XXXXXXX" is a group item, were found in the program.---does not refer to a source line but to the name of the ...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration