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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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CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" needs extending

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" only shows a single CMAS based on which one is selected in the CMAS Explorer view. Having to select each CMAS in turn to view or perform actions against is time consuming.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Separation of UserLogs (Generic Data Streams) from Z System Data

After working with User Log files with the ZCDP/ZLDA product, we've come to the opinion that these Application USER LOGS (Generic streams) would be better managed if hosted separately from the standard Z-based infrastructure data stream feeds proc...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Future consideration

Cluster Mode - IzODA

I would like Spark on z to be sysplex compliant as is MOST Software on system z. • We expect IzODA to use multiple workers (executors) on multiple lpars with one master node • if the master node goes down, IzODA will automatically reassign Spark M...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 1 Future consideration

Allow specification of xsi:schemaLocation on NAMESPACE for XML Generate.

In order to correctly validate a generated xml we are required to specify the xsi:schemaLocation for the used namespace. The current implementation of XML Generate allows to specify a namespace, but it does not allow for specification of a schemaL...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Future consideration

IDz tool. Enterprise Service Tools.New Web Services for CICS Project wizard. Import Source Files. Remote... Browse For File in MVS Files.. Select a File window.

Currently when using this wizard and on this window ALL copybooks with a copybook library are displayed for selection. Please change the Browse For File window to use the same "Short List of elements" functionality like in the regular Remote Syste...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 1 Future consideration

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit program

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit (/usr/bin/kinit) program, like Oracle JVM does today. Our client OCC (big US financial company) requires to secure access to HDFS with Kerberos. We anticipate that mor...
over 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support specifying key ring owner in configuration

The ablility to use a site certificate and Keyring that has an owner other then the owner running the started task on mainframe. EX: SITEID/Keyringname instead of EKMFweb/Keyringname Sites that run mulitple web servers can use a single Keyring and...
over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance capabilities to process TPF and zLinux/zVM data

It's always useful to have one tool to process all types of z systems data. Since IZPCA processes the zOS data, it is more desirable to have the product process zLinus, zVM, TPF(Transaction Processing Facility) in similar manner and generate the k...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Add in customised message for the rules covering the section

The storage working section might consists of hundred of lines of code and the standard error displayed in this formatting: <File>:<beginning line of section> <rule description>. THis is limitation to look for the line number of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

IDz DBB user build errs if the user log is deleted during the DBB User build dialog

When running an IDz DBB user build, if the user's log file is deleted or removed, the build fails with org.eclipse.core.runtime.OperationCanceledException The design in the IDz DBB user build is to locate the log file when it is named in the dialo...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration