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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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New Date Banner Variables

We need to use dates in Banners with the formats DD/MM/YY / DD/MM/YYYY and YY/MM/DD / YYYY/MM/DD in order to keep the same output format that exists in the actual software.MM/DD/YY & MM/DD/YYY are not an usual format date used for both Clients...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Invalidate LINKLST ADD for "ALIAS DSN" in the DSNAME parameter with an error message.

justifications: LNKLST activation during IPL will fail with alias DSN due to the catalog address space is not yet available to resolve the base DSN. Currently, dynamic LNKLST activation after IPL is successful when/where the catalog address spa...
almost 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 5 Not under consideration

Update IMS Data bases directly via a Z/OS Connect EE API/Service without using an IMS transaction

We have customers who are interested in using ZOS Connect EE APIs and Services to update their IMS data bases directly without having to use an IMS transaction. We currently have Z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition installed in house. We also are usin...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Monitor BMP Checkpoint rate

We would like to be able to set a situation i Omegamon that becomes true when the checkpoint rate for a BMP exceeds the number of checkpoints per second for a given value. In the attribute group for Dependent Regions there is only BMP Checkpoint C...
over 4 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Other 0 Future consideration

Cleanly stop automation on NetView close.

On NetView close, stop new automation and wait for autotasks to clear their queues (or some specified leeway), before continuing with CLOSE.As new messages received while NV is unavailable are buffered, the shutdown should make use of this to ensu...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

CICS System Policy to Monitor Transaction Rate

CICS System Policy to handle the region Transaction Rate. If the Transaction rate exceeds certain threshold value(s) then alert.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Enhance CECI to show CVDA text value

Enhance CECI to be able to show the CVDA text instead of only the numeric value. I can see 2 methods of achieving this:1) Extend the functionality of PF2 to cycle through DEC -> HEX -> CVDA....2) Use the 'undefined' PF12 to switch between cu...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

To implement the REFRESH RACF command via PIF/OCL o WAPL function.

To activate RACF sub resources, only option 9.6 in TWS is available. There are chances to use 9.5 mistakenly. To avoid this, if there is an option in WAPL or PIF, it would be more usefull. Raised case for this, i was suggested to refresh RACF reso...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 3 Future consideration

CPBPLIM should not be allowed to exceed 50% and ALL DEPS nesting level default should be less than 99

The CPBPLIM parameter can have values up to 99 which means 99% of memory is reserved for current plan buffers and 1% is available for everything else. This leads to memory related abends such as S878. Similarly the "NUMBER OF NESTINGS" in panel EQ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

EQQPIFJX should support delete JCL in JSx for an operation even appl is not completed

To reduce the number of repeatable applications at CP running e.g., every 5 min or perhaps more often, we need an option to DELETE JCL in JSx for a specific operation, even that the whole applications is not completed. Lets assume we have a simple...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration