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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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SMU - add RESET (Autodown) option in Rest API

We would like to have a RESET option in the SA Rest API, as is in SMU. This RESET then resets an application to the correct state, as you do in SA with AUTODOWN.For example, if an application is STOPPED and you want it to return to the correct state.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

PCOMM FTP Client support for implict TLS connection and client certificate authentication

Certificate-based authentication can eliminate several initial steps in a traditional Userid/Password authentication process. Digital certificate-based authentication is phishing-resistant, user-friendly and convenient compared to passwords. Elimi...
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Resource Sensitive TCLASS

Allow a tclass to be defined by its performance characteristics instead of a pure number, for example, maxstorage or maxcpu. This will simplify the management of tclasses by making them self leveling. Today if we set a tclass at 10 to limit storag...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

ID/z does not uses tags set by chtag to translate the USS-file in it's set codepage

ID/z does not uses tags set by chtag to translate the USS-file in it's set codepage, but only uses it's default codepage setting (IBM-1047)You have to manually set the correct codepage within ID/z to view the USS-file in its proper format
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Not under consideration

Improve Enterprise COBOL 5/6 performance in high volume CICS transaction environments

Enterprise COBOL 5/6 includes a completely rewritten "back end" that generates high performance object code. It's "claim to fame" is the significant performance improvements it offers customers. However, those performance improvements are only ava...
about 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

JWT Token Authentication Support for IMS Connect, TM RA and ICAL

We would like to use JWT (JSON Web Token) as the only method to authenticate against IMS Connect. Similar to what Network Security credential propagation support offers today, but more advanced and specific to JWT. IMS TM RA for inbound should pro...
about 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Special Report Option for Overrides needed

Hello IBM,we need a additional Policy Database report, to find and identify our used AT OVERRIDES in the PolicyDB on a easy way. For migrations and optimization measures of our PolicyDB, we use currently the "Full Policy Database Report" to find a...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

When adding internal processor with EQQAMOSL, the UI should allow searching by job name

When adding internal processor with EQQAMOSL, the UI should allow searching by job name Currently, it only allow operation number to be search which is really impractical.
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Option to disable automatic file association.

Provide an option to disable the automatic file association that is done when opening a file that does not meet any z/OS File Mapping criteria. Since the PMR ID field above doesn't accept the new TS ID format, here it is: TS002715273
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Display deployed ApiRequesters in zOSExplorer plugin

In the zOSConnect EE plugin in Eclipse(zOS Explorer). Please show the existing apiRequesters for the zCEE server. The admin api(s) for retrieving is already there( /zosConnect/apiRequesters/ ) etc...?
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration