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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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Single SingOn for HATS WEB connections. We need it for MIDAS Core banking SSO

Problem description: We are using a WebSphere based banking application Midas Bank Fusion (from MISYS). User do connect to WAS using browser. WAS is using IBM-I for authentication and Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) to integrate with 52...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

Method to allow users to issue CEMT SET yet not CEMT PERFORM

We have promotion software which will be used to issue CEMT S PROG(*) NEWCOPY. In reviewing the RACF resource classes for CEMT, UPDATE access is required to issue CEMT SET. However, it appears that UPDATE access to CEMT also allows CEMT PERFORM. W...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

IzWS allow user to add non-existing predecessor which should have more alert on the warning like pop-up warning that required enter to confirm.

IzWS allow user to add non-existing predecessor which should have more alert on the warning like pop-up warning that required enter to confirm. We would like to request if the predecessor job does not exist thenoption1 : to have confirmation with ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Create round-robin algorithm for CPSM routing.

This new routing algorithm would add to the existing [LN]GOAL and [QUEUE]. Allowing, by option of the system management, that the distribution of the routing is perfectly balanced. With the choice of this algorithm, it would be interesting to para...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

For the initonly option, add the capability to have JCL generated using pgm=HPSCMAIN when the DB has multiple DSGs.

The current init process only allows for fast path and full function db initialization if only one dsg and a primary index is associated with the database. Our team has several applications that have dbs that need to be initialized in the event of...
about 1 year ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 3 Future consideration

GDPS 3.14 Check Topology Enhancement

MGM4SITE_CHECK_TOPOLOGY will stop upon encountering the first error in establishing PPRC pathing. In a 4-site Multi-target configuration this can become cumbersome due to the number of PPRC paths that need to be validated.
over 6 years ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

DRF - avoid S878 abend in IB by reducing the number of sort processes per IB main job

The customer have been having frequent S878 abends in DRF recovery job during DR exercises when Index Builder is invoked. The idea is to divide the HALDB PRIMARY INDEX and ILDS construction into two separate IB jobs, the number of sort processes p...
about 1 year ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Future consideration

More granular message is password/passphrase change fails

Supersession is not able to deliver qualified error message, if a user is requested to change his password / his passphrase. a) new Password/passphrase is ok - everything is ok b) new Password/passphrase is not ok - Supersession delivers only a me...
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Include the packlist in the downloads with HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN

When using RFNJOBS for downloading the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN, it would be ideal to include the packlist with it. Due to the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN are compressed or encrypted & not readily readable, the packlist is a quick way to identify t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Shopz 7 Not under consideration

Network security credential propagation should have a parm for activation

We have a very high volume IMS environment, using IMS Connect. The Network Security Credential Propagation (NSCP) enhancement in IMS V15 will allow additional security information (up to 504 bytes) to flow in from the client side if all components...
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

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