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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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Increase resiliency of IBM zAPM Connect runtimes in shared Kubernetes environments

In shared Kubernetes environments (clusters hosting multiple application workloads), green zones for node restarts can frequently be continuous or extensive, not tied to a specific application. Any node may restart at any point for maintenance or ...
6 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

Add MASHIST management to CICS Explorer

Now, it is only possible to SUSPEND or RESUME Historical Data Collection thru the WUI or via CMCI command. It would be helpful that CICS Explorer was able to handle (view and update the state) the MASHIST resource.
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Notify or automatically withdraw LCP RECOVER background copy when it ends

Forgetting to ENDCOPY results in eventually running out of SGC captures since the captures involved in the RECOVER remain locked and can't be . Ideally, there would be an additional parameter to specify an automatic ENDCOPY when the background cop...
6 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

IzPCA report showing invokers of a given stored procedure

Application teams sometimes need information related to the invokers of a DB2 stored procedure, so we would like to see if IzPCA could provide the list of users ( DB2 authids) that invoke a stored procedure. That is, a report showing a list of DB2...
6 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Some Help for the Data Lineage

In the list of the thing to exclude for the field expansion report wizard, is it possible to get also the possibility to exclude program like a variable? In the rapport we have redundancy some data extract and make the report heavy (example in the...
6 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Different behaviours of IMS when a transaction is stopped.

When a transaction is stopped and a new primary message arrives, IMS returns the beautifull “DFS065 TRAN/LTERM stopped” message and does not queue the message..But when the message arrives from prog-to-prog (secondary message), the message is queu...
almost 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Update ZRTDM to display the default Attributes for an undefined record ID

Update the ZRTDM functional entry to display the default parameters supplied by the z/TPF system when a program requests a pool with an undefined record ID in the RIAT Table.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Provide support for PUT and GET statement

I am opening this RFE on behalf of the customer. They are requested that zUnit provide support for PUT and GET statement In essence, lift the limitation documented at this link https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQ2R2_14.2.0/com.ibm.e...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

Missing Documentation for Installing IBM Cognos Analytics (Part of IZPCA) onto a Linux on SystemZ IFL(s).

Customer is currently attempting to utilize IZPCA on their zSystem Environment and use Cognos Analytics (part of IZPCA) installed on a zLinux IFL for available dashboards. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zp-and-ca/3.1.0?topic=reporting-implementing-co...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Automation to import workspace settings between versions of IDz

Thru this RFE, request IBM team to consider providing an option that can help to migrate settings from past work space to the new work space. In the current world, we recommend develops to either 1) make a copy of their existing work space and use...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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