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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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CATTool should Provide Date of Master Key Changes

As part of the Crypto Card or KDS Db2 tables, The CATTool should provide the date that the MKVP value was first stored in the KDS or the date that the MVKP value was changed in the KDS as a result of reencipher. This support was recently provided ...
4 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / Other 0 Under review

Multi session access Netview and Portal/GUI

With today we've activated the GDPS GUI and PORTAL to our 4 production sysplexes. Currently, users can connect to the GUI, but they can't be simultaneously connected to Netview via 3270 and vice versa. Enabling multi-session access would allow use...
5 months ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration

Support for TYPES LOB (BLOB, CLOB...)

Support of fields with SQL types LOB (BLOB, CLOB...) .Example: 10 'A'-TXT-NACHM-GRND USAGE SQL TYPE IS XML AS CLOB(10000) OCCURS 1.
about 1 month ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IMS Asynchronous Lock Duplexing

Like DB2 "asynchronous CF duplexing", do you have any plan to implement similar functionality on IMS for IMS locking and VSAM RLS locking. Synchronized duplexing is too expensive in terms of CPU consumption.
5 months ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Need the ability to execute multiple GDPS scripts at the same time for parallelism

Mastercard is trying to reduce their RTO during standard IPLs, DR Tests and Region switches. With the restriction of only being able to execute one GDPS script at a time it’s hindering our RTO. If they had the ability of running multiple scripts a...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 16 Not under consideration

Limit IRLM lock timeout function only to IFP regions

In Japan, most of the bank customers use application framework called SAIL which is a GBS Japan's asset, running in their production core banking systems. It runs as MPP for SAIL control regions and IFP for application regions under control of SAI...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Future consideration

Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

APPMON should work for Natural RPC Server when zIIP feature is activated

Application Monitoring (APPMON) doesn't show NATRPC requests when using NATETBZ(zIIP eligible). We tested, Brokerstub NATETB23(not zIIP eligible) instead of NATETBZ(zIIP eligible) and surprise APPMON shows NATRPC requests. For having a proper appl...
17 days ago in EntireX 0 Submitted

To see and have confirmation for all the dependency tree for the STOP command in the INGLIST panel at a group level

To see and have confirmation for all the dependency tree for the STOP (INGREQ)command in the INGLIST panel at a group level as the SUSPEND ( INGSUSPD ) command does. It makes no sense to be able to see all the dependency tree for the SUSPEND comma...
17 days ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

Create INODE version upgrade tool.

Currently for z/TPF TFS INODEs there is no available functionality to upgrade an INODE to the most current INODE version. In some systems, directories/files have been present since the initialization of the TPF TFS and are still at INODE version ‘...
17 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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