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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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Provide easy method to do a migration from a very old zWS release (example 8.6) to a newer one (example 9.5 or 10.1)

Currently, program EQQICTOP cannot be used to migrate FROM certain releases to other RELEASE. For example you cannot migrate from 8.6 to 9.5 in a single run of EQQICTOP, but you can migrate from 8.6 to 9.3 using an invocation of a 9.3 level of EQQ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Generated MRT is unexpectedly modified when making an update via AO.

When there is a Generated MRT and AT, if later, a change is made to the AT via AO (AT override) the MRT unexpectedly changes preventing the message deom being trapped on in the MRT. Similar changes when managing the MRT/AT will notify the user tha...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future 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...
about 2 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Sort active sessions to the top of the display list like Session manager

IBM is helping us migrate from session manager to CL / Super session and one of the difference that we are unable to resolve for user community is how the menu is displayed for active sessions.
over 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Bring back Compiler Message placement at the end of the Compiler Listing

In current versions of COBOL, compiler messages are placed in the middle of the listing, between the "Data Division Map" and the "Assembler Listing". This makes them hard to find and makes life harder and frustrating for the programmer when he/she...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

New version of HLASM Toolkit feature SPM macros

Hi, This RFE consists of a new version of the HLASM Toolkit Feature Structured Programming Macros. The materials include: - structured programming macro source- test example source- suggested replacement for ch 2 of "HLASM Toolkit Feature User's G...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 7 Not under consideration

GMCLEANUP should remove GM FC relationships ONLY

When performing a Region Switch the GMCLEANUP step uses in-band commands to remove the GM FC relationship. When there is more than a GM FC Flashcopy relationship(s), the non GM-FC relationships are also removed. These additional relationships (FC1...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

Possibility to export all components from AD project exploration tab(for each resource type)

Hello In existing AD versions, there is no feature to export all listed components from the project exploration tab. For certain business cases, there is a need to export all components as-is from that list into the different doc as it displays bo...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

zD&T Webserver enhancement - Add a feature to capture a list of reply commands

The IPL of our LPAR copy require a manual intervention (through the console) to issue reply commands in order to complete the IPL successfully. Can there be an option in the zD&T Webserver to configure each Image with the option to capture cus...
about 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Allow for customer specific RACF groups to manage product administration

It is required as a security standard, that groups that are equal to schema of the tables cannot have any users connected to it, as by that, every user in the group becomes the owner of the table and can not only modify data but also drop the tabl...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration