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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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RHEL9 support: compute node

RHEL9 support including mgmt node and compute node<202406> transfer into compute node support which is in v123 plan, added a new one for mgmt node.
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 1

Export/import  across clusters (KVM)

Export/import across clusters (KVM)
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 1 Future consideration

Cinder ICIC CSI driver for OCP

Cinder ICIC CSI driver for OCP
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

load balancer at infrastructure layer

load balancer at infrastructure layer
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Under review

Security Groups logging

to log more security group info to be consulted on the ICIC console or exported to a log concentrator
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Network node HA

Network node HA
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

intergrate with 3rd party backup&restore solution

by intergrate with 3rd party backup&restore solution to have unified backup&restore solution that fit into customer's IT architecture and support multi platforms.
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0

CICS Explorer MFA Support for zOS Connections outside RSE

Currently only zOS RSE connections include MFA support. We currently use zOS FTP, zOS Connect, etc. Connections.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Not under consideration

Enhance CICS policy to capture all CICS abend task

Currently, CICS policy system rule (rule type = Transaction abend) can only capture UNHANDLED abend task. If application program has EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND logic to handle abend, the abend will not be treated as an abnormal end of a task and will ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

PL1 support Business Rules Discovery

NRB has mainly PL1 programs and would like to discover business rules