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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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Request to change the operation when purged the job log

TWS not status update before Tracker start (152799) As requested in, the CP status may be "S" even though the job was completed during host maintenance. In this state, if the job log is purged ($ HASP250 output), EQQE036I will be output by TWS and...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Data-only space Commands in e3270ui

Classic Omegamon for zOS provides commands to display and modify data-only spaces. These commands are not available in the enhanced 3270 user interface. These commands are: OSPC, SCHN, SLST, SSCN, and SZAP These commands are very helpful for debug...
almost 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Future consideration

CICS Identify QMGR from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB

Please change CICS function 'Identify QMGR' from QR-TCB to OPEN-TCB, for detail please reference case num:TS009163460
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

E3270UI - Add Userid and Wait Time Fields to Address Space Overview - "CPU Utilization Summary" Panel KM5ASPO

The USERID for a batch job and the wait time was requested by operations staff. They previously used the Omegamon for z/OS CUA product to monitor batch jobs, but when we migrated to V550 the CUA products were deprecated. The wait time would be th...
over 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Future consideration

CICS Transaction to main program dependency/flow isn't getting established

CICS resources extract process cannot capture auto-installing modules because program definitions are commonly not defined either in CSD or CPSM. As a result of which ADDI is not establishing dependency/flow from transaction to the main program ev...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Dependent DB2 Objects Discovery

1. Pull in dependent Db2 objects that are required for Views, RI, and aliases. We currently have our own process to do this.2. If not already supported – Db2 stored procs, User defined functions and user defined data types
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

API for pipeline and automation use to discover status

For automation purposes we need to know when a project is ready for discovery. This includes all 3 phases (Build server processes: [1]Build/Make & [2]API resolution; AD server process: Batch server [3] callgraph update, etc.). The automation p...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Add Keyspec MTYPE To CNMECZFS Command And To CANZLOG Panel

Enhancement to to the CNMECZFS command and to the CANZLOG panel (CNMKCZLG) to permit filtering on the MTYPE/HDRMTYPE field. The Mtype is one of the fields noted in BR LOG, yet there is currently no way to filter on Mtype in either command CNMECZFS...
over 11 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

Support for additional SMF119 Type 3 fields

Attempted to use the IBM Z Decision Support software (Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS) to generate a report of all FTP client connections and their security attributes. While these fields exist in the SMF119 Type 3 records, they are not collected...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

Ability to manage key archival from EKMF-Web and carry the attribute forward to the CKDS

Today EKMF-Web does not support key archival where ICSF does. As our key management platform we would like to initiate/manage key archival from EKMF-Web and have the metadata updated on the CKDS when archival is performed. It would also make sense...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 1 Future consideration