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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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Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc

Please provide summary IzDS tables for critical components like DASD, CF etc.We are currently using table MVSPM_DEVICE_H to retrieve DASD usage and response data. The data has one record per DASD device. A key metric for us is to have response and...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

Include a some kind of message or mechanism to show in the log how many extents the data set has

1. A parm to set from how many extents the message will be recorded in the log;2. Based on parm from the item 1 the message will be triggered to be showed in the log. Example: If I set the parm to 200, and if the data set has 200 extents the messa...
over 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CICS PA - Improve Data Dictionary mass update process

When using the "Mass update" option to populate the data dictionary file then only the details for the last CICS region to be processed is recorded in the Data Dictionary file. If you need to use Data Dictionary files then you need to have a separ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Support IAM option to either the DSORG or DSNAME_TYPE keywords

AAM supports certain functions of IAM datasets. It would be beneficial if selection criteria could be used to control intervention based on whether a dataset is of type IAM or not.
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Identify workflow jobs outside of z/osmf thro use of JCL comments

It would be nice to be able to match a submitted job to a workflow (outside of zosmf)… thro a matching comment in the JCL for the workflow and each step in the workflow.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Support NONVPNAME option on ZDECB

PJ46160 provided support on ZDECB to display ECBs with a given NVPNAME. Request ZDECB support for NONVPNAME which would display ECBs which do not have the given NVPNAME setup.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Addition details in message ID: EYUXL0033I

When CPSM is going to purge a task at shutdown, it should issue an EXEC CICS INQ TASK(12345) to see if the task has a Principal Facility. And if it does, it should then query that facility with an EXEC CICS INQ TERM(XXXX) in order to get the CONNe...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Protect or change behavior of RERUN on a waiting application

Rerun on a waiting application is very dangerous : all external predecessors are set to COMPLETE.2 proposals :Not allow REUN on a WAITING application, just allow it on a COMPLETE application.Or change behavior of RERUN on a waiting application to ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Add TPFDF function details to macro trace in a post processed dump

TPFDF calls appear in dump macro trace as an ENTRC to a UA** assembler program, the reader must then consult the TPFDF programs for details of the actual function.Could this information be included in the macro trace on the same line as the ENTRC?...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Future consideration

Option to perform additional checks for affected resource before shutdown

We need a option to perform additional checks for affected resource by shutdown
about 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration