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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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Command execution available in IMS ABCODETRAN and ABCODEPROG minor resources

If a transaction (or program) fails there is no way to trigger a command as an answer to the ABEND CODE minor resource fitering. So far only recovery INCLUDE or EXCLUDE as "Code" are allowed options to react. There should be also an option to exec...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Filter for specific filename/filetype during BKRLIST of SFS filespace.

We are a large user of SFS and often have the same filename/filetype in different SFS file spaces or directory paths. On the initial BKRLIST panel there is no ability to filter on device or path, so it’s really cumbersome to find the file you want...
almost 2 years ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

z/TPFDF read processing should validate and fix backward chain fields as it reads forward

As TPFDF read processing reads forward through a given subfile from the prime block to the 1st overflow, the 2nd overflow, and so on, TPFDF should validate that the backward chain in the next block contains the file address of the previous block. ...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 0 Future consideration

CPU consumption of the batch sub modules

need the number of calls and the consumption of the sub modules called by a cobol program in batch in iZPCA tables.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Job Duration Alert (supports different alert threshold for different Jobs)

As per TWS for z/OS V9.5, apart from new feature allow user defined ALERT/ACTION if an operation does not start or complete, I would like to have an alert for jobs that is in late (late means that a job is started and its "expected duration" is pa...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enhance ZCHCH to include a parameter for ONLY the count of chains (not the display of all chains) as well as MAX (or ALL) parameter in place of numeric for number of chains

Parameter for COUNT of chains would eliminate the need to ZPAGE through page after page of displays of addresses to get to the count. Then if chain addresses were needed, a redisplay without the COUNT parameter could be done. Parameter for MAX (or...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Allow CICS resource security to also add a function component.

Currently, if a user is permitted to a specific resource, they can use that resource regardless of context. An example may be that a user is authorized to write to, or read from a transient data queue as it may form part of an application. I may w...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Enable CTC to execute as a z/OS container

CTC provides software emulation for tape and enables the use of object storage to maintain a low cost inventory that is DR ready. Because all of this work is being done at the software layer they impact to system CPU resources can be notable and u...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Create a functional entry that displays the CVE's, APARS and programs loaded into the z/TPF operating system

This would be extremely useful for our delivery of internal audit requests relating to CVE vulnerabilities on the z/TPF platform. As discussed in the past a functional entry should display the CVE's, APARs associated with the CVE and programs that...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Expose CPSM TDQGBL resource table through the CICS GraphQL API.

I would like to extract global transient data statistics from the CPSM TDQGBL resource table using the GraphQL API. In the past I have extracted these statistics using the CMCI API to query the CICSGlobalTDQueueStatistics resource. Having looked a...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration