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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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Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

WAPL | Apply FILTER-Function to OBJECTs and SAVELISTs in LIST or SELECT Statements

The Filter function can be applied to the output of any List or Select statement. It will post-process the output and filter it only in the output DD-Statements when they are actually written (after processing the input WAPL Script) for the applie...
9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Extend the Application Class concept to other applicable resource types, such as Application Groups and Monitor Resources.

Q. Why is it useful? A. Reduces time and effort fulfilling "customer" (e.g. Support and Operation staff) requests. Q. Who would benefit from it? A. Both automation administrators and their customers: Administrators benefit by quickly inheriting pr...
4 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Python to support further encoding: tags beside 1047 and ISO8859-1

Currently, IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python seems to only support encoding 1047 and ISO8859-1. If we've coded: # encoding: cp1141 neither output nor error messages are shown for e.g. printed output. A simple print("Hello World") would be enough ...
3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 5 Not under consideration

zPCR and zBNA - Offer as a zOSMF Plugin

zPCR and zBNA should be available as zOSMF Plugins to avoid SMF data to be exported off platform. Both Plugins relay on SMF data which is stored and protected on the Mainframe. Currently we have to offload them via FTP to an other platform where w...
3 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Provide the possibility of having a consistent copy in Region A when we are in a Region Switch situation (Production in REGion B) in the GDPS MGM3SITE solution.

It is very dangerous to propose a Region Switch in MGM3SITE, since in that situation we will not have a consistent copy in Region A (copy between Region b and A in Global Copy format). In this situation if we have a problem in Region B, the data i...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Document changes even in security PTFs

When changes are made under the scope of a security PTF, that change is not documented, and this may cause problems for the clients (example: when userid or password is wrong, the message that is issued has changed with a security PTF, and as the ...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Checking connections between GDPS K-systems defined in GEOGROUP by GDPS Monitor I

GDPS has the ability that work in conjunction with Kp-systems, Kg-system, and Kr-system, such as the MGM3SITE and MGM4SITE procedures. To run the procedure, it is mandatory to establish connections between K-systems defined in GEOGROUP. But curren...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

the creation of an option to inhibit or manage appropriately Assignment name for environment variable

Dynamic allocation can introduce opportunities for system vulnerability
6 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance GDPS MGM 3site to support IPLs in Recovery region

In a MGM 3-site environment, major blocker with automating the region switch would be to IPL lpars in Recovery region. Since there is no Kp lpar in Recovery region, shutdown cannot be done from current Kr in recovery region. Only LOAD can be perfo...
8 months ago in GDPS 6 Not under consideration

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