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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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Improve time for deploying image to target environment for ZVDT

Need to expedite how the z/os volumes are being copied to the Linux directories. This will reduce wait time for developers looking to exploit this environment
8 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

MacVTap persistence needed for ZVDT

MacVTAP is manually defined for each instance and are not persistent. All ZVDT users would benefit from this.
8 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Allow the E3270UI "System Programmers Toolkit" to use a custom HLQ for it's temp datasets

The E3270UI "System Programmers Toolkit" uses the users userid as HLQ for any temp datasets it creates. We have LPARs where our userid is restricted to creating only very small datasets, this causes allocation errors in the "System Programmers Too...
8 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration

General zvdt support for Z/VM layer 3 vswitch

Layer 3 vswitch includes all capabilities of Layer 2 plus routing capabilities. All Z/VM customers running ZVDT would benefit from this
8 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Maintain standards currency with CICS Tooling Assistants

CICS Tooling Assistants (js2ls, ls2js, specifically) are an invaluable tool for those of us for whom z/OS Connect is too rich. Maintaining schema standards currency avoids manually adjusting vendor and service provider schemas to downlevel schema ...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 1 Future consideration

Add support for zVM Layer 3 VSWITCH to ICIC

IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center should support both Layer 2 and Layer 3 VSWITCHs that are defined in zVM.
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0

Allow multiple compute_disk_pool configurations

Currently ICIC only supports the use of a single DASD group via compute_disk_pool for local storage. We would like ICIC to support multiple DASD groups in order to allow users to provision persistent storage to a guest from these DASD groups.
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Add functionality to Customize Columns on CICS Resource View/Package View Panels for display

Adding the functionality to customize searchable columns on the CICS CM Panels will help users expand their search based on additional resource definition fields (Example: Description field). This will save time in filtering of resource definition...
8 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

IDz does not recognize variables used in "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause that were defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION instead of the LINKAGE SECTION

Variables used in the "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause have to be defined in the LINKAGE SECTION. If not, even if they are defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION, it ends with a compilation error on the mainframe "IGYPA3067-S Operand "REC-NSCERCH...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Provide CICS TS Message Utility Features in CICS TS5.*

I use the CICS Message Utility to modify the DFHAC2206 abend message such that it says "DFHAC2206 HH:MM:SS APPLID Transaction XXXX failed with abend AZCT. If abend is AZCT, a timeout has occurred. Re-enter transaction to continue."I have the timeo...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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