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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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(TPFUG/Visa) Tooling required to keep online and offline image unique file system files in sync and cleanup obsolete/superseded content

The list of files loaded online on TPF in /sys/tpf_pbfiles the list of files included in an OLD or TLD deck using the current content of tpf.loadfile can be different. We need a way to be able to determine what those differences are, and a way to ...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future 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
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Not under consideration

Bug fix for hanging sessions

Design change is needed to fix error (see PMR 69599 for details)
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Balancing workloads for machines with a different physical capabilities

In our situation, we have two production LPARs, each one is on a different MF. Each TOR dynamically routes all transactions to all AORs (on both LPARs) We would really like to be able to control the workload distribution between the LPARs. Since t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

ability to turn on all tracing / logging with one command

from a support point of view and customer view too it would be great if there either is a command or a setting in EQAOPST which shows all available outputs . over the years we have added traces for different areas , they all have to be enabled by ...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IDz Debugger IMS Isolation to prevent 'DIS TRAN *' command

Debugger IMS Transation Isolation facility in ISPF pannel currently permits issuing both an IMS display command 'DIS TRAN *' to display all the existing trasactions, or issue 'DIS TRAN pattern*' with a filtering pattern, or even with the full tran...
about 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Initial READ-Intent for a PCB until a DLI GET-HOLD call or ISRT call is issued

All PCBs in a PSB should have an initial Read-Intent regardless which PROCOPT is coded. If an Update-Intent is coded for a PCB it only should become active when the first GET-HOLD call or ISRT call is issued against that PCB. This will cause fewer...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 0 Not under consideration

Provide XML support in z/OS Connect EE

We would like the capability of using XML-based transformations in addition to JSON..
almost 9 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Offer the creation of the user to manage the zVDT instance when the instance is deployed. (ibmsys1, ibmsys2, etc)

When a new zPDT instance is deployed by using zVDT GUI, it requires an user created in the host system in advance to manage this new instance (usually ibmsys1, ibmsys2, etc). We suggest to create the user as part of deploy process instead of expec...
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-demand Dev and Test environment for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support Multiple IP-addresses in z/OS Connect EE

Our client is making an outbound API call from CICS using z/OS Connect EE. Client's API team presented us with three IP-addresses for their API server. The addresses was pointed to the same server with each corresponding to an availability zone fo...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration