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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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Provide ENQ / DEQ services

We are migrating Rexx code to Python, some of our Rexx code calls a Module that issues ENQ / DEQ to serialize some processing against other ZOS processes running. We would like to issue an ENQ/DEQ from Python through a ZOAU function.
about 2 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

Compatibility of IMS TM Resource Adapter with Jakarta EE (Jakarta Connectors) Namespace

We currently migrate a major insurance application from Java EE to Jakarta EE 10 (Liberty). So far we used the IBM IMS TM Resource Adapter (JCA 1.5) to integrate with IMS 15.3 with Java EE in a large number applications. We need an enhancement, to...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T dls xxxxxxxx.** dls will only list all VSAM datasets using the -t option, but the dls man page does not...
2 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Planned for future release

IMS Archive Enhancements

- Add a new option to the archive function for retention days to specify keeping records. The records are not archived (not deleted and not written to a file) that are generated within the retention days. - Add a new function DUMP. It is just writ...
26 days ago in IMS Administration Tool for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

List Omegamon products and versions in Configuration Manager (like PARMGEN).

In PARMGEN, when selection option 3.1 (Set up/Refresh PARMGEN work environment), a list would be shown of all Omegamon products and versions installed in the selected target datasets. With Configuration Manager (CFM) there is no such list, and now...
26 days ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Under review

Auto mapping

Considering that there will be many fields, manually linking/mapping needs lots of efforts. If customer provide a mapping information (such like excel where API field name and COBOL field name are provided), can the toolkit imports excel file and ...
26 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Launch “User Build” for more than one cobol program at a time.

It would be very useful to be able to run the “DBB” for more than one program at a time. That is, select two or more cobol programs, right click and launch a dependency based build for these two selected programs. I understand the problem with the...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 0 Under review

Full IBM support required of OMA (OPC Migration Aid) related modules used to migrate non IBM Scheduling Tools to IzWS.

As part of a recent migration from the CA7 Batch Scheduling Tool to IBM's IzWS, a number of OMA (OPC Migration Aid) related modules, supplied by the IBM migration team, were integrated into our local environment. Noting these modules are a require...
5 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Performance improvements reuested when using the built in Remote Connection Emulator under IDz 16.0.2

Compared to standalone host connection emulator software like PCOMM, the built in Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) under IDz 16.02 is slower in performance when navigating ISPF screens and entering commands. The usability of the RCE could be impro...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

Support for 27 x 132 screen size in Workload Scheduler

Alternative idea for this idea (Rearrange ACTUAL START field from panel EQQSOP2L to panel EQQSOP1L [ZWS-I-266]), to have fields from EQQSOP1L and EQQSOP2L on one screen when using 27x132 screen size.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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