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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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Multiple GLO2123I messages caused multiple incident ticket to be created

DBS Bank is using GLO2123I messages to automatically create an incident record in the incident/event management system however due to multiple GLO2123I messages generated by TAAM, i.e. one message per action taken caused multiple incident records ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Service Virtualziation support for CTG .NET client

The .NET CTG client does not have the same support for Rational's Service Virtuazliation product as the Java client. This support is needed for customers using the .NET CTG client in their testing and development environment.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 1 Future consideration

Format-2 Globals data collection enhancement

currently ztpf data collection reports statistics for syncc format-2 globals. requesting this reporting be extended to non-syncc format-2 globals. Please consider making this data available through continuous data collection as well.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

ZDPAT enhancement

zdpat c-c should include PATHIACT value in display. coverage team frequently investigates loadsets failing to be accepted. zdpat c-c displays activation number at time loadset was activated. display does not provide activation number at time of ac...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Additional option on ZMQSC DISP QL-* CURDEPTH to limit display

On our system there are 84 local MQ queues defined, of these only a few will have messages queued but to identify these requires a display that shows all queue counts: "ZMQSC DISP QL-* CURDEPTH " An additional "THRESHOLD-1" parameter should be imp...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

DS8K - Individual Accountability (SYS5006)

Improve Userid security/ individual accountability in IBM Storage Devices
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Tape Optimizer on z/OS 1 Future consideration

None information is provided when a storage issue happens in a file which has been excluded according to the product rules.

In a scenario where a DSN is not marked as to be managed by TAAM (it is excluded), there is no message in the joblog that informs about the exclusion. Therefore the user does not know if the problem happens in SMS or it is because TAAM is not inst...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Leverage VRSX for source dataset management

Tape Optimizer allows for the immediate expiration of source volumes after a successful copy or altering the expiration date to allow for modification of the original retention. When the expiration date is modified it may not have the desired effe...
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Tape Optimizer on z/OS 2 Future consideration

Support for Outbound Web services

Requirement received from the BoC customer visit during Q3, 2013. BoC would like the ability to invoke a Web service from within a TXSeries application.
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Add ERASE/NOERASE support to AAM

Client requires the ability to force NOERASE on VSAM allocations to insure HSM can perform normal migration processing.
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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