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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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Omegamon subsystem and z/OS history handling - loading newest data first

For large Sysplexes with many LPARs it last from 90 till 150 minutes of loading-time for the Omegamon subsystem dataspace. Meanwhile there's no history in the e3270ui (TOM) available.
over 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Delivered

Sending custom OAuth 2.0 claims in Access Token Request from CICS

Right now we are able to call OAuth 2.0 secured APIs from a z/OS Connect requester in CICS, using the following guidelines: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4SVW_3.0.0/securing/requester_oauth2.html We can add client_id, client_secret...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Add support for debugging with LangX in Cobol 6

A Cobol program compiled with the Cobol 4 compiler using the option NOTEST can be debugged using the LangX genedated from the listings. It would be very useful to enable this feature for Cobol 6 programs too.
about 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Netv REST API support for RACF cert

NETVIEW RESTFul API does not support RACF based Digitial ceritficates
about 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Delivered

Provide a DB2 z/OS DDL without implicite created Objects

During installation of DBB Version 2.0.0 we found that the provieded DB2 z/OS DDL did not work for us.We are not allowed to us DDL which implicite creates Objects.So we need a DDL which has create Tablespace and create uniqe Index statments.The re...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Support for LOGRY and LOGRZ Couple datasets in the INGPLEX CDS command

With z/OS 2.4, the support for LOGRY and LOGRZ policies was made available for GDPS configuration. Currently, with System Automation 4.2 and 4.3, the INGPLEX CDS command does not support these new CDS policies. When in the INGKX300 (INGPLEX CDS), ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Delivered

Select which teps are used with custom dashboards

It is currently possible to define up to 6 teps in SMU. Unfortunately, you cannot select components for every server. The custom dashboards that you create automatically only retrieve the data where components have been selected. "Default TEPS" It...
over 1 year ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Delivered

New Policy to cancel tasks that use very large containers

It would be good if a policy could detect (and possibly purge) the tasks that use larger containers of a specified size as it is possible to do with those that occupy more than xGb of User or Shared GDSA
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Provide ability to 'smartly' purge transactions performing 'must complete' activity

Customer has a large environment with many thousands of DB2 transactions per minute, and relies upon vendor monitoring software to effectively handle the purging of transactions that exceed criteria (TMON in this case, but this would apply to Omeg...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

View Problems (vue Erreurs) option Advanced Show All pour afficher tous les avertissements/erreurs du Référentiel

La vue Problems avec l’option « Show all » affiche les avertissements/erreurs détectées dans le Référentiel sans que l’administrateur ait besoin d’ouvrir un Cobol PDP quelconque, il s’agit des types :“Desynchronized_Generated_File_Marker”, “PDP Er...
over 2 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered