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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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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

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

(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

Suppress SNAPC console messages

Create new ZASER and ZIDOT options to suppress SNAPC console messages.1) ZASER SNAP CONSDMP to suppress nodump msgs2) ZIDOT SNAP NOMSG prefix.error to suppress sending console messages of a particular SNAPC dump.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

TPFDF Cruise Verify should give number of items per Lrec Id

Today the CRUISE VERIFY utility gives the total number of ITEMS.We would appreciate to have also the number of items for each Lrec id.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

Data Flow / Data Flow Hierarchy View avoidance of suppressed assignments

Assignments that occur multiple times are suppressed in the views.Important information is simply suppressed. This only confuses and leads to wrong assumptions and errors. The problem occurs in both Dataflow and Dataflow Hierarchy views See use ca...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 6 Future consideration