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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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Have Omegamon for z/OS show JES2 spool details for multiple JES2 subsystems

We have a number of LPARs running more than one JES2 subsystem. Currently we can only setup alerts (example: Spool reaching x% full) for the primary JES2 subsystem. The other JES2 subsystem(s) are invisible in Omegamon for z/OS and so no alert can...
over 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Future consideration

IZSAM display truncation message at top of report

Currently the message indicating truncated results (more than xxx rows) is available at the bottom of the report. Many users are not seeing this message. Is it possible to display this message at the top of the report? Many user are doing a quick ...
7 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Functionality already exists

Add ability to post notices on web UI

It would be helpful if our support team could post notices on the web UI to inform users of important information. These would be informational messages and Not prevent use of the UI. Examples: Upcoming planned maintenance Failed to load usage dat...
7 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Use Flash Express as swap storage for VM Guests

The Linux (compute) LPAR can access to Flash Express Storage. Could be very useful in terms of performance to use this storage as provider for vm's swap disks.The swap disk is generally included into ICIC flavors, very interesting if it can be dep...
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Needs more information

Add bootstrap loading of JWTs in cache and also enable pro-active refresh of bootstrapped JWTs

To decrease latency while procuring JWT tokens when a API request is made to z/OS Connect, its better to implement below logic & provide it as a configurable choice:* Create a list of OAUTH claim requests in a file that will be read by z/OS Co...
7 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Provide workspace to see transaction summary activity for whole CICSPlex in one screen

In very large institutions it's hard for people to see a enterprise-wide view of what is happening in CICS and the whole CICSplex. We are asking for a summary screen / workspace much like the FIND ACTIVE workspace, but with summary data as I will ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

PIF Request/Modify for CSR (Current Plan Special Resource) Interval

CSR (Current Plan Special Resource) Interval should be able to be changed through PIF.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

zCEE - mechanism to pass parameters to zosconnect_authToken

We are using the zCEE to retrieve a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a third-party authorization server and pass it on a request to an API endpoint, as described here:https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zosconnect/3.0?topic=jwt-calling-api-secured-third-partyIn ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

CA-7 import via file in project folder

Enhance ADDI to allow CA-7 extracts to be imported via a file in a project folder (no z/OS connection required). Function to work in the same was as you load a CSD file into ADDI.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Reduce vulnerabilities within the the Workload Scheduler / z Workload Scheduler tools by using industry standard password encryption

There is a risk that exploitation of non industry standard password encryption vulnerabilities by a malicious actor could lead to the loss of Customer data and potentially service outage. For example the Windows Agent users password encryption ado...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration