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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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CICS Named Counter API Commands need security

CICS has a series of API commands to utilise Named Counters: DEFINE (D)COUNTER DELETE (D)COUNTER GET (D)COUNTER QUERY (D)COUNTER REWIND (D)COUNTER UPDATE (D)COUNTER Looking in the documentation: Access to named counter pools - IBM Documentation in...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

ZSDEA modifications to support FENCED OFF file pool support

ZSDEA Modifications - Allow file pool "FENCING OFF" or the ability to de-activate a range of ordinals without requiring RAMFIL DE-ACTIVATION updates to the FACE TABLE. IBM's RAMFIL parameter is used to indicate if a pool segment is going to be dea...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Data Classification Scanning Tool/Application

Please develop a tool/application that does the following: -Scans datasets across the entire environment--IMS, DB2, * etc-Scans datasets for configurable patterns--Example: Scans for xxx-xx-xxxx-Aggregates names of datasets found with patterns for...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

User or Tool configured data to accompany a dataset

Please develop functionality to allow a "flag/mark" on a dataset that can then be reported by zSecure or other tools, this mark would be user configurable or configurable by the tool mentioned in the associated RFE. Ideally this could be a dataset...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Software analyzer : Documentation explaining code conformity/violations with examples

Some of the existing software analyzer built-in rules are not very comprehensive with examples. It is becoming more difficult to read code violation report and correct themselves by developers. For example built-in rule "Avoid using 88-entries in ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Search function for program literals to add to Monitor

Hello IBM, we like to have a functionality that was found in Xpediter: When you want to add a variable/literal to the Monitors view "Monitor Expression" and you're not 100% sure how it's call, you should have the option to search for the name of t...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

New feature to stop/cancel ongoing transfers without restarting CUZCLOUD

In current version of CTC we do not have feature to stop/cancel the ongoing Active task. We would be happy if you can implement the suggested feature.
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 2 Future consideration

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270?

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270? This would be useful to display say the first 10 entries. Mainframe 3270 screen allows wildcard for first level qualifier , why IDz it is no...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Add Dataclass parm to WCONFIG (PARMGEN and Config Manager)

Helpful for Omegamon output file allocation and management
over 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Future consideration

Crosshair Cursor in Host Connection Emulator

Outside of RDz the ISPF interface we used had cross hairs on the cursor. In RDz the Host Connection Emulator does not have this functionality. I have had many requests for this to be added, so I am submitting an RFE
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration