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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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Add a filter for the AltClientID to the QUERY IMSCON TYPE(CLIENT) command

If you have hundreds or thousands clients connected to IMS Connect at the same time and if you are also using synchronous callout, having a filter on the AltClientID with the QUERY IMSCON TYPE(CLIENT) command could be very helpful when you have an...
11 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Provide a way for Developer to input a 'hex' key in a search string.

we have unique client identifiers which are 4 byte character representations of a 8 digit hex value. Eg. key_field_name : X'BE336244' This is the key in a wide number of tables and databases here, so is used quite commonly in queries. Issue When I...
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Enhance Licence Manager fixes release

Implement proper version control and provide fix list for each version release of IBM Host Integration License Manager. As en example on fix central you can find: fix pack: HI_v13.0.0_LicenseManger fix pack: HI_13.0_LicenseManager for the product ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Not under consideration

Provide WTO Capability

This may be similar to https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOAU-I-15 in that the desire is to write to an operator console. To expand on this idea, I would like to have a reply option that will block the caller until a reply is issue...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Add file access logging to SFTP server

Currently only user login activity is captured in the log under /tpfjam/ibmutil. Enhance this logging to also include file access activity at a minimum (who's doing what, when and where) as well as FTP commands if possible. Potentially include dif...
8 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add Kafka to Open Enterprise Foundation

The open source tool Kafka is increasingly becoming a common platform for Z tools. We know of Omegamon, Common Data Provider, IBM Z Anomaly Analytics. The idea is to add this therefor to the Open Enterprise Foundation product.
8 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

STGRCVY=NO should work as documented

Why is it useful? Abending the victim task of a storage violation is a defence against applications acting upon and/or committing corrupted data. CICS Documentation (all releases) promises "If you specify STGRCVY(NO), CICS abends the task if it is...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Adopt Dataname Picture and Usage in Mainframe COBOL

It would be extremely useful, and would help to prevent logic errors, if the COBOL compiler would allow a dataname to adopt the PICTURE and USAGE from another dataname at compile time. At execution time, logic errors (and even abends) can occur in...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

SemiColon not supported by RACF. Netview should translate.

Netview translates several characters (., *, %, &, - and ' '(blank)) prior to making a SAF call because these characters are not supported by RACF. Semicolon is also one that is not supported by RACF (TS006663687). Development should consider ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Users want to know when they need to rebind their IBM File Manager for z/OS packages

[Current Product & Version]-IBM File Manager for z/OS V15 -z/OS V2.5-Db2 12 for z/OS [Environment]Data sharing in three-way sysplex environment [Problem]Our customer is planning to upgrade Db2 for z/OS and IBM File Manager for z/OS. PLAN(yyyy/...
8 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

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