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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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BCPii enhancement for fake connection detection

Customer upgraded host CZ01 from z13 to z15. After that, They could not use GDPS to load system or deactivate/activate LPARs in CZ01. System admin checked and found BCPii status was connected,GDPS debug was ‘ON’. And he started SA BCPii trace. It ...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

Collector Behavior with Partitioned Tables

Add an option to have the collector issue the following for each partitioned table before insert/update begins for that table in a commit cycle: LOCK TABLE <name> PART <#> IN EXCLUSIVE MODE; This will eliminate the need for escalation ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Dynamic exit support for EQQUX007

Many tools use the EQQUX007 exit point to collect information about IZWS job details. Only one exit implementation may be used as so it means that if multiple users want to leverage this exit, implementing code at the client side must be recompile...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Please add a table for SMF type 119 subtype 50 (SMTP) records to IZPCA

Our Network team needs to identify address spaces that are sending emails to JES SMTP (CSSMTP)). In order to do that, we need a component to populate the DB2 tables in the IZPCA product for SMF type 119 subtype 50 (SMTP) records.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Collect transaction level performance data and correlate with trace for mainframe CICS transactions to help problem diagnose

Transaction level performance metrics data, like CPU consumption, file locks, or DB2 package information, for a CICS transaction are the most of key metrics during a problem determination use case. Collecting these kind of data and correlate with ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Future consideration

Menu manager migration

IDz should support a smooth migration of menu manager to higher IDz version.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

View reports created by other users

in workload scheduler, under reporting, my earlier colleague had created some reports. as the owner was different, I am not able to view those reports. I would like to take your help to modify the owner of those reports to my name so that I will b...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enable CICS webservices to return a HTTP code 204 without a body.

We are using REST webservices on CICS to expose our existing COBOL backend functionality. We have a use case where we would like to return a HTTP code 204: No Content. CICS can return this HTTP code without problems, but whatever we do, CICS allwa...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

IBM Z Workload Scheduler : Save JCL after execution to rerun at a later time

Archiving JS Files to offer the possibility to add an application at the current plan using the JCL used for the same application at an earlier date and with an IATIME that may be different. This function is actually done by a user developpment we...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

reevalute system for APGs with "prepare move" and same preference values

Our company is using z System Automation to run the z environment.If you are using the availability feature "Prepare Move" and have same preference values defined you may consider application outages until the operator detects that situation and i...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration