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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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Dependency scanner to use CSECT in BZUCFG to support when moduler-under-test is different from loadmodulename

If you perform zUnit testing on a program which is located in a load module which has a different name than the program name then DBB reads he BZUCFG incorrectly. The situation happens when testing statically called programs, or when the main prog...
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Future consideration

Support mixed case in field „Applparms“

Today data entered in the field “Applparms” (INGREQ or INGSET) will be always translated to upper case. Allow to enter mixed case data in this field.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow a CWS Web call to specify not to use MASSL

We have a CICS application calling z/OS Connect and wants to use Basic Auth over SSL. When z/OS Connect receives the requests, it asks CICS for a MASSL cert, and CICS obliges by sending the default cert on the ring, which in his case is not the au...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Request for enhancement for COBOL

Hi, We would like a warning when an “indexed by” index is used on arrays other than the one it is defined on, when that other array has a different picture clause. Regards Rune Christensen Senior Software Developer Bankdata
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

Process Liberty SMF 120 for zOS Connect

Liberty SMF 120 Subtype 11 records SM120BBW has the time record when liberty received the zOS Connect request. Once the request is successfully dispatch to z/OS Connect, z/OS Connect records SMF123S1_TIME_ZC_ENTRY entry. Currently PA formats SMF 1...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

allow incoming connections from uss back to zOS

Uss outgoing connection back to zos fails when using host IP. See the example below, where 10.210.139.54 is IP address of VM that runs zdt. IBMUSER:/u/ibmuser: >curl -k https://10.210.139.54:10443/zosmf/ -v * Trying 10.210.139.54:10443... * TCP...
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Enable the use of ALLOCATE/SEND/RECEIVE/CONVERSE type commands across an IPConn similar to LU61/2 connections.

We currently have applications in CICS that invoke transactions in IMS across LU61 and LU62 connections and receive the responses from those transactions. There is a push to convert these connections to IPConns. The LU61 command sequence is: ALLO...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Multiple CGs for CKD volumes for xDR Linux guests running on zVM LPARs

As of today IBM SYSPLEX and GDPS Architecture relies on 1 and only one CKD Consistency group. RB would like IBM to allow multiple consistency groups (at least 1 z/OS and 4 CKD Consistency Group for zLinux applications residing in z/VM environments...
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Encryption of the vsam databases

It could be advisable to have the possibility (by parameter of instance) to encrypt all (or some vsam database. only users having the right access to IWSz can access and read the content of the vsam files. there are some non-IBM tool allowing the ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Allow ODBM synchronous data capture using third party exits

Today we are using the Precisely SQD product for IMS data capture replication. It captures changes and writes them to its own log stream (Synchronously, no IMS log records), then processes them after that (Asynchronously). They get control at the ...
about 1 year ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Future consideration

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