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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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SMF92-subtype 51 to 59 in zCDP

We're currently working on zFS statistics to tune the performance, looking at HBORS092 member in CDP SHBODEFS, it looks like the SMF92 subtype 5x are missing (51 to 59). Could you please update zCDP and create some nice datastreams to monitor zFS ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

z/OS Ansible Collection zos_operator: add a wrapper for the opercmd 'console' parameter

The 'console' parameter for the opercmd shell command and python API allow us to specify a suffix for the EMCS console name that is generated. I need this functionality to be exposed in the zos_operator module.
5 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Not under consideration

Optional parameter to avoid STATUS V1 for DEDB REPL

In IMS V6 APAR, the meaning of MINBYTES in the DBDGEN SEGM macro for DEDB has been changed, so that an unexpected status code "V1" may be returned to REPL CALL for DEDB in IMS V6 and later. In order to avoid this problem, IMS development provides ...
about 1 year ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Future consideration

Limit the region type for IRLM lock timeout function

In Japan, most banking customers use an application framework called SAIL, an asset of IBM Japan Consulting, running in their production core banking systems. In the SAIL system, the SAIL control regions run as MPP and the application regions run ...
about 1 year ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

See only Sessions from Users under Admin

We use the dynamic Appllist in the most of our susersessions.Then today, if a Admin-user will select the sessions under ADMIN in the Supersession from an other user, he will see all his sessions. But he need only see the sessions, witch the user h...
almost 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 5 Future consideration

Java batch job should fail on missing DD:STDOUT

If a Java batch job started by JZOS launcher has no DD:STDOUT defined in JCL, the log shows the following stack trace in DD:SYSOUT: JVMJZBL2007E Stack trace follows: com.ibm.jzos.ZFileException: //DD:STDOUT: fopen() failed; EDC5037I The specified ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Under review

ZOAU should support VBM datasets

For some important IBM CIO application we have attempted to deploy IBM Document Control Facility (DCF) datasets using Wazi Deploy. Some of these datasets are VBM format. Apparently ZOAU dataset.create does not currently support VBM files. We need ...
about 1 month ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

Define Product Suite Exclusions should be at the SYSPLEX level, not Repository level

Currently, when a suite/bundle is enabled/excluded, it impacts every system that is stored in that repository. So if a Repository holds the data for a zCloud or shared infrastructure, this will impact every system held there. We have multiple zClo...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Future consideration

Variable for specifying output length when creating copybook is not created

''- When creating a Cobol copybook with the current API specification file (json), a variable for specifying the output length is always created if it is a String.- When creating an outbound copybook, if you give the "characterWhiteSpace" option i...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 1 Functionality already exists

Only one API can be re-executed in the zCEE server Refresh command

'- When the Refresh command is executed, all new deployment file APIs in the deployment path are refreshed.- When deploying a server, it is hoped that other APIs will not be affected (for HotDeploy purposes), but there is no function to refresh by...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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