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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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Enable history tables in e3270

For ODP activation, we need to enable history configuration either e3270 or TEP. Some tables are only available on TEP, but not e3270. For example, CICS table - CICSTRT. In short, customer wants that e3270 could activate all possible tables what T...
7 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON Integration Monitor 0 Not under consideration

Include SMF type 42 in LISTSMF when INCLUDE-DSN

When using INCLUDE-DSN=Y for LISTSMF, only SMF record types 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 35, 36, 40, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69 will be checked. I'm missing type 42 in which I can find what actions have been taken within a PDS i.e. ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Provide tooling to create a consolidated view of Migration Considerations for a user defined batch of APARs

Understanding migration considerations is a critical part of installing APARs. Each APEDIT has a MIGRATION CONSIDERATIONS section for IBM to document various APAR impacts including: Functional automation and operation changes, API changes, SIP imp...
about 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Modify Status Command gives no response to the Requester

Via our System-Automation we monitor the TWS-Trackers and the TWS-Controller. Every hour the status of the systems is retrieved via the modify status command. The output of the command is only written to the syslog. The requester gets no response....
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Keep track of DFHCSD and BAS changes not only on JESJOBS sysout but also on the repository itself for future investigation

when the cics resources are changed or excluded the messages are displayed only at the jesjobs sysouts and it is missed after a cics recycle, becoming impossible to track the before image.
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Limit the speed and heap memory usage of the CDP batch SMF load procedure HBOJBCO2

When using batch SMF load procedure HBOJBCO2, it runs too fast which the subscriber like kafka can not process the records at the same speed, then HBOJBCO2 will cause flood the CDP dsta streamer to store the smf records into memory and use out of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Planned for future release

Allow CICS Explorer to test CTG gateway deamon against specific IP address

Allow CICS Explorer test against the IP address configured in the CTG connection definition to be sure which CTG we connect to.When trying to test the CTG gateway connection or the CICS connection in the CICS Explorer CTG perspective, the IP addre...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Create Rule for JCL components for JCL files and Copybook components for Copybook files

The java package for creating COBOL custom rules under IDZ Software Analyzer only support cobol components. An interface is created for Copybook components but no class is created for Copybook components. This is similar to the case for JCL compon...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

When the user send the character x'10' and others, with some emulators, CL/SUPERSSESION chokes

The Telnet 3270 emulator (Quick3270 Secure) send the ASCII character x'10' CL/SUPERSESSION cut the connection and choke. We have suffered the same problem with other emulator programs.
about 7 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

zOS Connect enable generics in zosConnectAPI name construct

in order to secure API using the authorizationInterceptor for access by different teams we currently have to specify every API and define the relevant access. With naming standards we can group these much more efficiently using generics for exampl...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration