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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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    Add support for MFA and Yubikey in DB2 for z/OS Connections

    DB2 for z/OS has added basic MFA support. However, customers are integrating with more of the options provided by z/OS MFA. We need to expand this usage to accommodate customers configurations. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zma/2.0?topic=yubikey...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 0 Under review

    Add detailed information for MVS_DASDTAPE IZPCA table

    I would like to collaborate with you on a request to incorporate VTOC details into the MVS_DASDTAPE IZPCA table. The team is currently working on initiatives to add detailed TAPE and DASD VTOC information into our observability platform). The MVS_...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Please provide IMS components compatible with partitioning functionality

    Please provide IMS components compatible with partitioning functionality Would it be possible to have the IMS components make use of the PROFILE='IMS' and add the missing GENERATE PARTITIONING statements to take full advantage of the partitioning ...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Make the margins for general editors work as suggested

    When I use the COBOL editor, I can set a margin for maximum line length, that is checked when I try to save my changes. I get a warning when I override this setting. But when I use a general editor, I can set the maximum line length and check or u...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

    UKO: Additional column/view in "Managed keys" panel in UKO GUI

    We think it would be very helpful to be able to see the actual key status in the connected keystores, e.g. CKDS, in the UKO GUI. We realised that this could be different and would help us to manage the keys better without logging into zOS and ICSF...
    8 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Under review

    Ability to see CKXLOGID information in the Command Logger Data when using ONLYAT

    We use CKXLOGID to record the Access Request Number information to document the approvals received for issuing the RACF Command(s). We have noticed that if your RACF Command contains ONLYAT the command still appears in the Command Logger data, but...
    9 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Command Verifier 0 Under review

    Allow MQ Put intercept via CICS transaction ID filter as opposed to MQ Queue name

    For CICS => MQ => CICS tracking, MQ Queue name has to be specified in the AGMSYSIN for the MQ Put to be intercepted and instrumented. Please allow, as an alternative, for a parameter to specify the CICS transaction ID instead of the MQ Queue...
    9 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

    Support DTP tracing/tracking without AGMSYSIN transaction ID filters

    Please provide the ability for CICS DTP transaction tracking without having to configure include filters in AGMSYSIN, so that it will only be triggered when a tracking token/singularity header/parent span is present.
    9 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

    Modification to the TLIM= parameter in message regions to include the flexibility to include PSEUDO abends.

    When an IMS message region starts, and the application requires it, it occupies a slot in the Linkage Index Allocation Table. If an abend occurs—whether pseudo or otherwise—and the application (or, in our case, vendor software) does not perform pr...
    9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Include IBM Service Management Unite in Z Development and Test Environment

    I work as z/OS System Adminsitrator and have a Z Development and Test Environment Personal Edition lencese. I use Z Development and Test Environment Personal edition to stay up to date on new software. As IBM Service Management Unite is a fr...
    9 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Under review

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