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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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identify PSB programs in PARM and display SAS program names in Job Usage

Here is a summary of this problem: In total there are 15 PROCs calling a PSB XXXXXXXX, the pattern goes like this: PSB1=XXXXXXXX, //STEP04 EXEC PGM=********,REGION=XXXXX, // PARM=(BMP,&PSB1,,,,C00000,,1,'&CKPTID',1, Out of the 15 members o...
12 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

LCP GM managed capture process split In an GM managed LCP environment

LCP GM managed capture process split In an GM managed LCP environment (LCP Manager in the GM Kr controlling systems and SafeGuarded Copies in the GM secondary site) we need to coordinate some additional operations when capturing a new SafeGuarded ...
almost 3 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Custom Content-Type for Authorization Server Header

I am working with IBM Connect Enterprise Edition version 3.0.48. We would like a way to customize the content-type header that is being sent to get a JWT from our specified authorization server. The authorization server we are using is built as a ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud support for Z APM Distributed Gateway

Please add the official support for Z APM Distributed Gateway and OMEGAMON Instana Integration Proxy work on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud.1) We'd like to know if it would be possible by Dec 92) Our customer requires that the verification test wo...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

SSL(ATTLSAWARE) support for PROTOCOL(IPIC) in TCPIPSERVICE

IPIC Connections to communicate IIB for z/OS and CICS in different sysplexes, require secured SSL connections if the IPCONN USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) parameter is specified for the IPCONN resources.AT-TLS can save CPU, but SSL(ATTLSAWARE) for TCPIPSERVIC...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

NEW ELAPSED SEC PACKAGE

Create new field in KPM_DB2_PACKAGE_HIn KPM_DB2_PACKAGE_H there is PKG_ELAPSED_SEC(Total elapsed time for executing the package. From QPACSCT).In this field the value of elapsed time is very high only for DB2 Batch because in the summary the tool ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 4 Not under consideration

CSRF filters for Webfacing applications

As discussed with an IBM representative, the CSRF filters are not available for Webfacing applications as of now. Hence, token based validation (CSRF) can't be enabled for Webfacing applications. In relation to this, IBM's L3 team's recommendation...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Support tolerant reader principle with z/OS Connect JSON

System: z/OS connect Enterprise EditionUSER needs z/OS Connect REST clients to be tolerant readers by default. currently they are not tolerant readers by default, Object value has to be explicitly mentioned in the OpenAPi file + a Size has to fore...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

CICS as CICS Explorer Server

CICS being a Top Tier Web Server; we would like to utilize CICS as the WEB Server to Deploy the CICS Explorer Product as the WebStart implementation. This will consolidate the support of CICS Explorer within the CICS Technical Support area; versio...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Individual setting of the content of //SYSJAVA

When you compile a COBOL class definition, a Java source program that contains a class definition that corresponds to the COBOL class definition is generated in addition to the object file. We need an option to interact with the output in SYSJAVA ...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration