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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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TPFUG: Move APIs under "SOAP bridge related APIs" in c_soap.h to another header file as they are more general use APIs, and IBM is deprecating SOAP and don't want to lose the code

Programs that use primarily the "tpf_convertToAMSG()" and "tpf_convertFromOMSG()" APIs under the "SOAP bridge related APIs" in c_soap.h are more general use APIs. IBM is not going to support SOAP after this summer so we'd like these APIs to be mov...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Add sending to MQ Distribution lists support to ZTPF MQ Client

Z/TPF Applications want the ability to send one copy of an MQ message to multiple Queue Managers and Multiple Queues
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhance DFSDASP0 to not suppress messages when it issues the RACF AUTH call (when ODBASE=Y)

It was determined that we will rely on APSB security checking to control access for applications using the DVM product to access IMS data. This is working as expected. However, we are only getting the following in our system log:DFS2855A APSB SECU...
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Future consideration

MDS/ODL JDBC driver pathname

The MDS Driver is shipped with a date in the path, i.e:dv-jdbc-3.1.201803141024/dv-jdbc-3.1.201803141024.jar With every new JDBC driver, the pathname changes.This requires every user to change their JCL/scripts to point to the new JDBC driver path...
over 6 years ago in IBM Open Data Analytics for z/OS (IzODA) / Mainframe Data Service 0 Future consideration

Filter for specific filename/filetype during BKRLIST of SFS filespace.

We are a large user of SFS and often have the same filename/filetype in different SFS file spaces or directory paths. On the initial BKRLIST panel there is no ability to filter on device or path, so it’s really cumbersome to find the file you want...
over 1 year ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

z/TPFDF read processing should validate and fix backward chain fields as it reads forward

As TPFDF read processing reads forward through a given subfile from the prime block to the 1st overflow, the 2nd overflow, and so on, TPFDF should validate that the backward chain in the next block contains the file address of the previous block. ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

CPU consumption of the batch sub modules

need the number of calls and the consumption of the sub modules called by a cobol program in batch in iZPCA tables.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Job Duration Alert (supports different alert threshold for different Jobs)

As per TWS for z/OS V9.5, apart from new feature allow user defined ALERT/ACTION if an operation does not start or complete, I would like to have an alert for jobs that is in late (late means that a job is started and its "expected duration" is pa...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enhance ZCHCH to include a parameter for ONLY the count of chains (not the display of all chains) as well as MAX (or ALL) parameter in place of numeric for number of chains

Parameter for COUNT of chains would eliminate the need to ZPAGE through page after page of displays of addresses to get to the count. Then if chain addresses were needed, a redisplay without the COUNT parameter could be done. Parameter for MAX (or...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Enhance masking options for dataset selection

When defining a dataset mask in the history dialog the only generic allowed is a trailing *. CTC should support *, ** and % where any dataset mask can be defined for history and clone processing.
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration