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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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GDPS should automatically clean up from destructive repair operations on storage devices

We recently had a "B" box outage that required support to utilize the CST process that removes all in memory structures including copy services. This created orphaned secondary pairs in our GDPS Metro Global session. Currently within GDPS we can o...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 6 Not under consideration

Provide facility to recover a subset of LCP (Safeguard) volumes

Currently LCP (Logical Corruption Protection) "recovery sets" are managed as a single entity collection of volumes and the recovery process handles them as a complete set. This enhancement would allow definition of a subset of the full recovery se...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 9 Not under consideration

Exploit 64-bit addressing mode in zWS

We would like to request the implementation of 64-bit addressing mode for zWS to avoid potential S878 storage-related abends. Our current production zWS controller has a very large and complex batch schedule with a high frequency rate of updates. ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

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...
8 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...
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Enhance testing capability of SYSPLEX RESOURCES

We have a test environment for GDPS/Metro that is contained within one physical disk subsystem. The TEST=YES option is used in the GEOPARM to tolerate this setup. We would like this TEST=YES feature extended to accommodate the SYSPLEX RESOURCE MAN...
over 5 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

GDPS/Metro 4.2- No need of any contextual validation? when View command used for a Script

When we select a script with view we clearly indicate that we do not intent to launch the script
over 4 years ago in GDPS 9 Not under consideration

Update EXCI to set the return code (R15) at termination

EXCI leaves an unpredictable residual value in Register 15 on exit, which defies all expectations and good coding practices. This behavior is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.5?topic=considerations-setting-return-code-r15-ter...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide API Name in addition to field name for GMOMW0005E / GMOMW0021E error in zOS Connect

Currently we are debugging a lot of GMOMW0005E errors and they only provide the field name that encountered the error. Initially these were easy to debug but now that the environment is growing at a rapid pace it is near impossible as the error on...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Create "Balance" algorithm for CPSM routing

This algorithm can be a new algorithm, or an enhancement to the QUEUE algorithm, in which CPU utilization information can be considered. Avoiding disasters in existing algorithms, we prefer that a new one should be created. This feature can be ena...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration