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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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Omegamon subsystem and z/OS history handling - zIIP eligiblity for RMF/DDS loading

Make the Omegamon subsystem history loading process from RMF/DDS eligible for zIIP
over 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Delivered

Make CICS Time-of-Day Viewable in CICS Explorer and the CPSM WUI for each CICS TS address space

In supporting a large environment (500+ CICS regions) running at different CICS Time-of-Day, it would be very valuable to be able to view the CICS Time-of-Day in CICS Explorer or the CPSM WUI. TICTOC is used to alter the time of day for some regio...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Change Default values for DFHAID Copybook

We need the defaults changed in the DFHAID copybook to be compatible with GIT/DBB. The special characters are not round tripping from GIT to z/OS for DBB builds. In z/OS it displays as this "double bar" 02 DFHCLRP PIC X VALUE IS '¦'.In GIT this is...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

SMF 123 records should be logged for all access attempts to z/OS Connect

The ability to monitor authorization failures HTTP401 and file not found HTTP404 early failures is now available to be monitored in Omegamon/JVM but this same information is not written to the SMF 123 records. As SMF is the main security and audit...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Dependencies visible (like VERIFY screen) at stop in SMU

It would be helpful if when you stop an application in SMU, you also get to see the dependencies that may also be stopped (the VERIFY screen).Then you can easily decide whether to quit with or without dependencies.Of course, the dependencies can a...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Delivered

Omegamon subsystem and z/OS history handling - store data in one or more permanent datasets (reduce memory consumption)

Reduce the Memory-Consumption of Omegamon Subsystem because of its history in dataspace. LPAR requires 12-16 GByte for storing 120 hours of data for our sysplex.
over 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Delivered

GDPS LCP - Report Capture status

Today with GDPS LCP on Metro we have multiple captures and a low multiplier for our volumes. As a result we have seen many volumes fall out of SGC on the DS GUI which means they are no longer recoverable as part of certain capture sets. We underst...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 7 Delivered

Identify the jobnames of the batch requests via EXCI.

Customer would like to identify the jobnames of the batch requests via EXCI. He suggested to put this information in the PHAPPLID (APPLID from previous hop data) field and additionaly in the DFHSN1500 message.Customer has pointed that there is a W...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Allow python code to utilize zIIP processors

As we modernize our mainframe patching infrastructure and use python to implement, we do not want to introduce more CPU consumption in the process of trying to enhance our environment for the future. Allowing python to execute on zIIP would be an ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Delivered

Ability to specify the client side interface of an API, created in the API Editor

We want the ability to specify the client side interface of an API, created in the API Editor, independent of the server side interface, i.e., the interface created by the BAQLS2JS utility. Specifically, we want to define the representation of the...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered