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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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CPC Operations query - CBU records

It order to reduce the access to the HMC-SE, could be useful to have more information in panel 3 --> 1 --> R near related CPC (VPCPCOPR) of GDSPS like to show for each RecID the expiration date and time.
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 13 Planned for future release

Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
10 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Future consideration

Allow to correlate JVM SMF Data to a Job and Step to allow analyse SMF 121 in large Batch environments

We need a way to understand which JOB a SMF121 record belongs to, to understand what caused an abnormal behaviour. Therefore a SMF30COR field could be part of the SMF121 record, we would still need to understand what Jobstep is the SMF121 Record f...
10 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A

Issue another message if job is Auto Recvered - EQQE036I replaced by EQQE036A EQQE036I message replaced if auto recovery is in job and error code tested for is in play. EQQE036I should only be issued when the job ends in error queue and will not b...
7 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Command driven reload of AGM components in zCEE

Most of the zAPM functions can be manipulated dynamically. We can AGMU STOP/START the CICS component, AGMQ TERM/INIT the MQ components & F container,AGMA IVP to trigger a comms attempt to the DG from container. There does not appear to be a wa...
7 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Future consideration

Simplify the process of extracting volumes in MGM copy.

Good Morning, In environments where GEOPARM is complex, managing extraction of multiple volumes of the MGM copy is complex. The process is very manual (you have to go through GDPS panels to RESUME the disks, then FW the FCs, then delete the GM/GC ...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

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

TACM should use zIIP engines during ie EXPLORE function

Heavy EXPLORE(reporting functions) running through all catalogs have a high GP cost. In examples we face turnaround times of 100 minutes with a GP cost of 12 minutes. Here an explore sample that gives above numbers: EXPLORE - DSN-LISTFILE(OUT) - C...
5 months ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Show the occupancy level of the extended groups of GMFC and FC1 (ESE) disks in the GDPS MGM solution.

Good morning, In the KP-systems we have a query screen for the occupancy of the 'Pools' on the 'VPCPQSTM' screen, where you can check the occupancy level of the 'Storage Pool Capacity' of the primary and secondary units. In the case of GDPS MGM, t...
12 months ago in GDPS 16 Future consideration

zIIP-enable Node.js

We've made a significant investment in Node.js, but it runs slow compared to Java and Python because it's not zIIP enabled the way those languages are (Java 100% and Python 70%). Zowe also uses Node.js, but we couldn't rewrite that in Java or Pyth...
29 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Future consideration