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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/Visa) Data reduction system-wide CPU and mils enhancements

Request the following NEW metrics in data reduction reports to allow for easier tracking of transactional workload once LP workload increases:1) System avg Smoothed Adjusted CPU. Avg calculated for in-use (not fenced) i/streams2) System avg "Trans...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Uncommenting and Commenting Lines in PL/I Editor

In the Eclipse there is the possibility to comment out individual lines of code or entire blocks of code using the shortcut "Ctrl + 7".It would make working with RTC easier if there was a shortcut for the eclipse-based development of PLI in RTC.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Enable support for multiple backups in a singe ADRDSSU step

IZBR has the ability to inventory DFSMSdss logical backups, correctly identifying the associated container file any given data set backup version may be contained in. DFSMSdss provides the ability to drive multiple logical backups in parallel from...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Future consideration

ADDI to Discover Db2 Sequences

ADDIs source code analysis doesn't currently detect Db2 sequences. This requirement is to have Sequences detected and registered in the ADDI database.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Update CICS SPI INQUIRE CONNECTION to provide ATTACHSEC, SECURITYNAME, BINDSECURITY and USEDFLTUSER fields

We have a customer looking for security related information in connection resource; specifically ATTACHSEC. According to CEDA DEFINE the following fields are available in CICS resource definition for Security: SECURITY SEcurityname ==> ATtachse...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Unable AAM to remove its hooks after a clean startup

After starting AAM if the need arises to return to the previous product a system IPL is necessary to clean up AAM system intercepts. When deploying AAM in a production environment it may not become apparent that AAM needs to be backed out until th...
about 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 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

Secure the integrity of the installed EKMF software by encryption of the disk

Currently an attack vector might be that somebody manipulates the EKMF Java classes on disk and then waits for an operator/admin with sufficient access rights to use the workstation. The attacker might be able to extract key material by just trans...
over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation 0 Future consideration

return status of each services/api in the zosConnect/apis or zosConnect/services call

Request is to include the "status" or "serviceStatus" in the zosConnect/apis or zosConnect/services call.This avoids having to call the underlying adminUrl or serviceUrl for each api/service to determine its status.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

Compute node HA

HA for compute node services (pcs nova, cinder, neutron etc)
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Future consideration