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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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Network node HA

Network node HA
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

intergrate with 3rd party backup&restore solution

by intergrate with 3rd party backup&restore solution to have unified backup&restore solution that fit into customer's IT architecture and support multi platforms.
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0

Align all Mainframe Log data from zLDA to SPLUNK with respect to displaying/using consistent timezones from CICS, Netview, Websphere and SYSLOG to all use the same timezones.

This enhancement is not only "useful" but necessary. The amount of time we spend in supporting the product due to "inconsistent" and confusing timezones depending on which type of Mainframe log we are viewing is onerous. It's basically impossible ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Need ability to link CICS WLM Quiesce status to zOS WLMHealth

When a CICS region is quiesced in CICS Plex System Management Work Load Management, the region is seen as unhealthy by CICSPlex System Management so it will be much less likely to to route work to it from other CICS regions in the same CICSPlex th...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking

Enhance the z/OS Connect Configuration to Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking. This could be provided via a new parameter to instead check a RACF class such as EJBROLE as already done for the "safRoleMapper" statemen...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Reduce the about of CPU/MIPS used during zRTEMS startup

In environments with large numbers of nodes (8000+), when a z/OS RTEMS is started the RTEMS is measure to use 300-500 MIPS while establishing a HTEMS connection. During an IPL this is not an issue thanks to IPL BOOST, but when the zRTEMS needs res...
8 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration

Repair Utility of ONDV file on CICS Transaction history

OMEGAMON CICS is able to store CICS Transaction History in file. For example,<ONLINE_VIEWER> DATA_STORE_TYPE=FILEOCMP DATA_STORE_FILE_NAME=OMEGA.V551.*.RKC2HIST It is working fine while it is running on Product Data center. But, when Disaste...
8 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

delete-trailing-blanks-in-data-receiver-csv-fields

Hi, The data receiver component is supposed to be optimal for sending data to splunk, yet it sends lots of csv fields to splunk with trailing blanks. Customer would like the tool to optionally delete trailing blanks from csv fields and hence prope...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 3 Future consideration

SUBSTR JCL command should support variables with up to 44 chars or allow a continuation with the SETVAR directive

It should be possible to process up to 44 digits within a SUBSTRING command or to allow a continuation within the SETVAR directive. Variables with a value with up to 44 characters are not supported with the SUBSTR JCL function.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

GDPS/Metro ability to IPL on Subchannel sets 2 & 3

We have our GDPS/LCP recovery volumes in Subchannel sets 2 & 3 but GDPS/Metro cannot IPL systems onto those subchannel sets. We would like to see GDPS/Metro add the capability to IPL on all available z/Series subchannel sets.
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

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