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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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Improve JOBREC to include RESTFUL Web Services

Today, it's impossible to call a RESTful web service via Z/OS agent (Zcentric) using /JOBREC card.To do this, we must use DWC specific plugin or call the web services via a script.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Application Discovery Support of Assembler ASM IMS Calls

Customer has assembler programs that accesses IMS database via ASMTDLI calls. Without the support for ASMTDLI, customer would not be able to have a complete view of the IMS database usage.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Encrypt the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards

IRS would like to ask if the TPF lab would consider encrypting the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards. Currently it is not-encrypted (its on the LAN, not the WAN, its local traffic only). But we’re being asked to verify tha...
12 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Future consideration

IRE - Add feature to allocated OLDS 98 and 99

Noticed during DR exercises OLDS 98 and 99 are not added to #S02 recovery job to be reallocated in DR systems. Would it be possible to have IRE to reallocate them if the datasets exists on the live systems? All 259 IMS regions in customer's system...
12 months ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 2 Not under consideration

include the IBM.CTG.Core.dll module solution via NuGet

Devops team need to be able to include the IBM.CTG.Core.dll module in my Visual Studio.NET solution by referencing it via NuGet, like they do with IBM.Data.DB2.Core.”
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Incorporate Business Planning activities into Forecasting and capacity planning

Provide the ability to incorporate Business Planning activities into Forecasting and capacity planning in general.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

SA generated MRT needs to be consistent with auto-generated trap behaviour

Under OTHERMSG SA should use the EXIT statement by default so trap behaviour is the same as a default UPON MSGID(...). Example of an UPON MSGID...UPON( MSGID = 'IEFC166D' ) REVISE('Y' AUTOMATE)When there is a hit on this message, there is no addit...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

JMR function is not available in RDz

JMR function which will display all the previous runs(days,months, years) of production jobs is not available in RDz
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

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...
almost 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

Enhance the z/OS Explorer CM plugin​ to support MFA

CICS Configuration Manager V5.4Our application teams have requested the ability to use the CM plugin as an alternative to the ISPF panels. In order to achieve this we would require the CM plugin be enhanced to support MFA.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 0 Future consideration

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