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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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Support Db2 102 Class 7 Statistics

Db2 class 7 statistics in SMF 102 will help in debugging client connections to Db2. MF 102 Class(7) - IFCID(365) data DSN.V12R1M0.SDSNIVPD(DSNWMSGS) Line 00000003630000 QW00 |_________________________________________________________|0000 QW00 | |0...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Delivered

That from GDPS panels it is possible to obtain the % free and/or filling of the Extent Pool of the defined ESE disks (FC1, X-DISK, GMFC)

It would be interesting to know at any time, from GDPS, how full the Extent Pools associated with ESE disks are. For example, if we are performing recovery simulations in Region B on FC1 disks, knowing how full we have said disks. In the event tha...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 4 Delivered

Define a default cipher list used for CICS outbound webservices

Problem: We are running CICS webservices for years. For outbound webservices we haven't defined URIMAPs, so we were using the default cipher list getting from system SSL in the past.Now we have the need to use stronger ciphers. Solving this proble...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Add PDS member functionality to MVS Files filters

Allow the specification of a member name (fully qualified or wild carded) with a PDS name in an MVS Files filter. Include the member name with the dataset name when expanding the MVS Files filter and limit the member list to the member name (fully...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 23 Delivered

2fa access to DWC or RestAPI

Actually, the user must identify himself with an userid/password. To enhance the security and make it easier for the lambda user, We have the need being able to use either 2FA or Certificate-based logons to the web-interface of Dynamic Workload Co...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

Excluding transactions from a policy

ICBC wants to use the policy to limit the DB2 requests, CPU time and storage, but they haven't adopt CICS cloud yet, then they need to use policy with region scope. And there are some transactions in their system need to long run, or need to acces...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Support Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays for the build toolkit for Top-Down service creation using JSON schemas

Add support for Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays for the build toolkit for Top-Down service creation using JSON schemas. When arrays are defined using API Toolkit the Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays options are both available, but w...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Better support for non unique names in COBOL

zUnit needs to support non-unique names in the Test Case Editor. Today it is partly supported. If you have a data structure like:01 A 02 B PIC x(10) 02 REDEFINES B 03 B PIC S9(4) BINARY 03 D PIC PIC X(8). 02 C PIC X. 02 C PIC X.The last occurrence...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

Supply a war file for Catalog Manager when using zosconnect to create OpenAPI 3 native server

In OpenAPI 2, Catalog Manager sample template is supported by "zosconnect create catalogManager --template=zosconnect:sampleCicsIpicCatalogManager". We would like to see the same for OpenAPI 3 "zosconnect create" command. This will allow us verify...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Filter APA reports in order to limit the scope to the run-unit below a specified program called/linked within a CICS trnx

In order to associate the consumption analysis of selected CICS transactions to the business functionalities, it's mandatory for this customer to filter APA outputs selecting the subset of transactions where a given program is called/linked. The c...
over 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered