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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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General zvdt support for Z/VM layer 3 vswitch

Layer 3 vswitch includes all capabilities of Layer 2 plus routing capabilities. All Z/VM customers running ZVDT would benefit from this
7 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Maintain standards currency with CICS Tooling Assistants

CICS Tooling Assistants (js2ls, ls2js, specifically) are an invaluable tool for those of us for whom z/OS Connect is too rich. Maintaining schema standards currency avoids manually adjusting vendor and service provider schemas to downlevel schema ...
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 1 Future consideration

Add support for zVM Layer 3 VSWITCH to ICIC

IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center should support both Layer 2 and Layer 3 VSWITCHs that are defined in zVM.
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0

Allow multiple compute_disk_pool configurations

Currently ICIC only supports the use of a single DASD group via compute_disk_pool for local storage. We would like ICIC to support multiple DASD groups in order to allow users to provision persistent storage to a guest from these DASD groups.
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Add functionality to Customize Columns on CICS Resource View/Package View Panels for display

Adding the functionality to customize searchable columns on the CICS CM Panels will help users expand their search based on additional resource definition fields (Example: Description field). This will save time in filtering of resource definition...
7 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

Add Heap Memory High Watermarks to default RTMC Dashboards for JVMs

We would like to see the 64-bit and 31-bit high water marks for the heap regions used by JVMs limited by MAXXMES, MAXXMAP, and EMPS. This would be incredibly helpful to monitor Java for any problem troubleshooting, and give us an easier way to fin...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Support mixed case in field „Applparms“

Today data entered in the field “Applparms” (INGREQ or INGSET) will be always translated to upper case. Allow to enter mixed case data in this field.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Request for enhancement for COBOL

Hi, We would like a warning when an “indexed by” index is used on arrays other than the one it is defined on, when that other array has a different picture clause. Regards Rune Christensen Senior Software Developer Bankdata
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) - Provide information about loadset resource consumption to warn of possible problems managing very large loadsets

If a loadset contains a very large number of programs, or programs that are very large, activation can result in unexpectedly large increases in CRPA consumption, and loadset accept processing can temporarily consume an unexpectedly large number o...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhancement in SSM configuration member

When you have a lot of Subsystem (DB2, MQ), you have to manage SSM File in order to use one or multiple subsystem.If you define all your susbsytem in one member, you need to define security access for this subsystem (READ access at least). For sec...
almost 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

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