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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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Populate CICS statistics fields A17LCLST and A17GCLST with file close time for closed files.

CPSM Local Files view always shows all zeroes for "GMT file close time" and for "Local time file was closed" for closed files. This is because CICS statistics fields A17LCLST and A17GCLST are always zeroes when file statistics are extracted. They ...
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

TESTing INGAMS refresh processing

It would be really helpful to have a way to TEST the INGAMS REFRESH processing without actually performing the policy refresh, after a policy build has been completed. It will help prevent surprises during change window when we perform the actual ...
9 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Provide the possibility of having a consistent copy in Region A when we are in a Region Switch situation (Production in REGion B) in the GDPS MGM3SITE solution.

It is very dangerous to propose a Region Switch in MGM3SITE, since in that situation we will not have a consistent copy in Region A (copy between Region b and A in Global Copy format). In this situation if we have a problem in Region B, the data i...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Python to support further encoding: tags beside 1047 and ISO8859-1

Currently, IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python seems to only support encoding 1047 and ISO8859-1. If we've coded: # encoding: cp1141 neither output nor error messages are shown for e.g. printed output. A simple print("Hello World") would be enough ...
3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 5 Not under consideration

Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
8 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 1 Future consideration

Allow to correlate JVM SMF Data to a Job and Step to allow analyse SMF 121 in large Batch environments

We need a way to understand which JOB a SMF121 record belongs to, to understand what caused an abnormal behaviour. Therefore a SMF30COR field could be part of the SMF121 record, we would still need to understand what Jobstep is the SMF121 Record f...
8 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Checking connections between GDPS K-systems defined in GEOGROUP by GDPS Monitor I

GDPS has the ability that work in conjunction with Kp-systems, Kg-system, and Kr-system, such as the MGM3SITE and MGM4SITE procedures. To run the procedure, it is mandatory to establish connections between K-systems defined in GEOGROUP. But curren...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Document changes even in security PTFs

When changes are made under the scope of a security PTF, that change is not documented, and this may cause problems for the clients (example: when userid or password is wrong, the message that is issued has changed with a security PTF, and as the ...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Provide ENQ / DEQ services

We are migrating Rexx code to Python, some of our Rexx code calls a Module that issues ENQ / DEQ to serialize some processing against other ZOS processes running. We would like to issue an ENQ/DEQ from Python through a ZOAU function.
about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

WAPL: Create same ability of CLDATE to select specific days of the week for PRDATE

We are in the process of automating calendars and periods with WAPL. The function of CLDATE has the capability to select days of the week but PRDATE does not.
2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Under review

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