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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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GDPS MGM Support for FC1 Incremental Flashcopy

This customer's implemented on October 10th , GDPS MGM Global , with three sites and a fourth copy FC1.They are doing the Flashcopy every day and they are complaining about the time to complete the full copy.One of the solutions would be to change...
about 4 years ago in GDPS 7 Planned for future release

Create SMF79.15 records when IRLM TIMEOUT value is exceeded but before IMS LOCKTIME is

If LOCKTIME is set in the DFSVSMxx member of the IMS proclib, the creation of SMF 79.15 only occurs at the same time as a 3310 abend for environments other than IMS batch. If SMF 79.15 records are created when IRLM TIMEOUT has been exceeded regard...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

CTG .NET Client Support

We need Instana on Z/OS to support CTG (CICS Transaction Gateway) .NET clients. This will help us better monitor and trace transactions. Please prioritize and implement this feature in Instana. It's crucial for our operations and will enhance our ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 3 Planned for future release

Add preference for RDz Data Editor to change the square to another monospaced character

If binary data is included in the record and displayed with the RDz Data Editor, it can include '?'(U+25AD0 in place of a control character. Add a new preference item to the font settings in the data editor to allow users to change the '?'(U+25AD)...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

We have needs to relocate an Omegamon Hub from a Windows Server to the Mainframe - migration docs should be offered

Hello, no proper migration docs are available for Hub migration from one system to another (in our case from Windows to Mainframe).Problems arose during the migration of managed systems, groups and situations, so that information that had not been...
6 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Modify command to display parms of running controller

Modify command to display parms of running controller so you can see what is running because the parmlib might have been updated since last restart and doesn´t show the whole truth. Would be good for IBM Casing and to see yourself if neccessary.
8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Achieve multi-tenancy support for the sendmail definitions (alert conditions and text)

As the need for a multi-tenant system with TWS grows in significance due to the decentralization of work across various groups within the company, having a mechanism to separate sendmail definitions (alert conditions and text) among different auth...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

CopyOnce: too much frequent

As written in the manual "ZG246758" the restore procedure after an HYPERSWAP (scheduled or unattended) foresees 3 actions:1- START secondary on Master of MM;2- MGM3SITE_RESTORE;3- MGM3SITE_SWAP The 9th step of MGM3SITE_RESTORE_MT_RS* procedure for...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Is a defect

Detailed logging for standard action/scripts

This RFE is a follow up to problem record 44584.211.788.Recently we were surprised by the shutdown of one of our systems. We checked the netlog to see what happened and saw that someone brought the system down via GDPS standard action.We tried to ...
over 5 years ago in GDPS 11 Planned for future release

Add New Configurable Timeout Value, Max Number of Cursors Value and Console Alerting to the MongoDB for z/TPF Product

Consider the following updates/changes for PSS with regards to the z/TPF MongoDB API: Make mongo connection timeout value configurable (hard coded today for 10 mins). Make maximum number of cursors configurable. When a condition such as “maximum c...
about 1 month ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Future consideration

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