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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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Mouse click enhancements to the Remote Connection Emulator bundled with IDz

Many modern 3270 emulators respond to mouse clicks when working with ISPF menus and screens. For example, we use the SWAPBAR when switching between multiple ISPF screens. To move between one screen and the next all we have to do is a single mouse ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Under review

Add collection of SMF 42 subtype 15,16,17,18,19 for RLS performance.

Define a new table that will maintain SMF 42 subtype 15,16,17,18,19 for RLS performance.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Product name change.

This product name is too confusing. Clients are confusing it with Watsonx Code Assistant for z. Perhaps another name like Watsonx Concierge for z, Watsonx Curator for Z. I've seen marketing email that even confuses the two products, and refers to ...
about 2 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D'

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D' . Please refer IBM case TS016750744.
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

Improve DTCNDELETEDEADPROF to delete only unused profiles for a specific period

Enabling DTCNDELETEDEADPROF parameter causes to delete all profiles after logoff of the user. Unfortunately, debugger users should redefine deleted profiles at their next logon. A new parameter so to delete only DTCN profiles that have not been us...
8 months ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

We have needs to relocate an Omegamon Hub from a Windows Server to the Mainframe - migration docs should be offered

Hello, no proper migration docs are available for Hub migration from one system to another (in our case from Windows to Mainframe).Problems arose during the migration of managed systems, groups and situations, so that information that had not been...
5 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Avoiding error message "IOS000I EOD" for File Manager TLB function.

System:z/OS which uses File Manager TLB function. Actor: File Manager TLB function is used for checking Tape Label information. Description: File Manager TLB function outputs tape label information, the VOLSER, dataset name, etc... But if the tape...
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Exit blocking unencrypted CICS outbound connections

In todays IT world, where business security is top priority, it would be useful to have a possibility of blocking unencrypted outbound CICS TCPIP connections (WebServices, HTTP connection).
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

DFSMShsm FRRECOV command enhancement

System: Product DFSMShsm on z/OS 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4Actor: System programmer needing new feature We support a big ERP business (CIO Quote 2 Cash iERP client) and as for our backup strategy we use IBM Flashcopy combined with IBM DB2 Backup system utili...
over 4 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Simplified mechanism for surfacing GDPS operational alerts

There are 100's or more of Warning and Error level messages that GDPS will display based on ecosystem issues. Not every message needs immediate vs delayed attention. We would like to see an easily customizable mechanism for selectively surfacing “...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration