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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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Encrypt the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards

IRS would like to ask if the TPF lab would consider encrypting the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards. Currently it is not-encrypted (its on the LAN, not the WAN, its local traffic only). But we’re being asked to verify tha...
about 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Future consideration

Origin Data to be passed for DTP and ASYNC flows

For transaction tracking purposes it is important that a transactions has some information about the parent transaction. The ADCB doesn't have information for DTP transactions and some of the ASYNC flows (e..g START with TERMID). The ORIGIN DATA i...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Enhance IMS to be able to do decimal compares on DL/I calls

Current IMS only performs binary compares when a DL/I call contains a qualified SSA. This is a problem for packed and zoned decimal values and comparisons with >, >=, < and <=. Because IMS only performs binary comparisons a DL/I call c...
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Future consideration

Add database fields for DWC reporting

We are currently planning to replace a homegrown system which creates TWS reports, with DWC reporting feature. However, we are missing a mandatory field from the Current Plan z/OS DB2 archive database, which is the AD Owner ID. Our current system ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

TCPIP Secure Socket

We are wanting to convert from NVAS as a Session Manager to IBM CL/SUPERSESSION. It has been determined that CL/SUPERSESSION does not support Secure Sockets
almost 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

ADDI: Disabling logging on the client if no settings exist

When I start a new workspace and no settings for ADDI are set in the preferences, then the log is written full with trace information. In the workspace and in the product itself no tracing settings are set.Not only the performance suffers but also...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 1 Future consideration

Python and PL1 integration interface

Provide an interface to call PL1 modules from Python (and possibly vice versa). The interface shall support the passing of parameters and ideally works in both directions (Python calling PL1, PL1 calling Python).
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3 Future consideration

Add functional group column in "Project explorer" view

Have a new column to group multiple projects in "Project explorer" view.Be able to set up the group to put a list of projectsFunctionality for administrators only (AD Configuration Servers Admin for example).Please see file attachement.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Heartbeat message for long running IMPORTs under managed ACBs

In an IMS managed ACB environment the IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) command is being used to activated previously generated directory control blocks for PSBs and DBDs. If you are importing a larger number of control blocks, the import processing can...
almost 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

PIF function enhance

We can see the data in panel EQQLSTAP by using ISPF. But she can not not get "Current plan end" time and "Long term plan end" time data onetime by using PIF. [Please refer the below panel image] <My customer request> She wants new function i...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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