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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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Test case editor unreadable with Dark theme

The test case editor is unreadable when switching to dark theme in IDz which is used by many developer Black text on dark grey background means you have to select the text to read it

Enhance Dzip to use ADRDSSU compress

I've been using Dzip to attempt to backup some datasets. Unfortunately I keep getting B37 abends during the ADRDSSU processing because the temp datasets aren't large enough that are being used. Could we get an option to enable compression during t...
18 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

Use 64-bit storage for OTMA TPIPEs

Nowadays OTMA is one of the most important pieces in IMS. Given the big range of TCP/IP clients is quite difficult to manage OTMA TPIPEs in a complex scenario. Although the latest development enhancements are more than welcome, they aren't fixing ...
about 1 month ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Under review

Feature to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER, EXPORTEr

We don´t have the option to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER and EXPORTER in the UKO. It would be interestig to have this feature
about 1 month ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Show a warning on the chart when all data is not available to span the selection that the user specified.

It is a little confusing if a customer/user specifies a range that is not available in the data base (for retention reasons for example). A warning would inform them that they are not looking at all the data that they requested.
about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Change the timing of the first ASMTDLI call to shorten database unavailability during takeover phase

We are looking for a way to shorten the database unavailability during the Online Reorg takeover phase. At present, in some cases the database is unavailable for up to 3 minutes. ORF team investigated with IMS team, From the results of the investi...
4 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Allow specification of region type in IMS command - UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH)

Currently when we promote programs we stop and start all our message regions. Doing a UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH) returns a return code of 8 due to - CC 48 NOT ALLOWED FOR IMS RESOURCE. This means we would not be able to setup alerting on th...
12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

Full support of SMF102 data

CDP / ZLDA only supports a limited subset of SMF102 records. At a minimum, IFCID 145 and IFCID 142 are required; ideally all of the fields within SMF102 are needed. The customer has chosen Splunk as a strategic platform for enterprise log analysis...
11 months ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 2 Planned for future release

Be able to use ZIIP feature with Log Data Manager.

IZPCA Log Data Manager feature is an ISPF/TSO application which needs to be coded in a special way in order to allow the caller environment to use Ziip processors. To avoid this inconvenience BATCH environment calling DRLPLC should be used instead...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration