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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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Enable FORCE_EOV capability

When controlling dataset allocation under DFSMS it can be beneficial to influence volume selection within eligible storage groups by disallowing the selected volume. If AAM enabled a force EOV functionality it could leverage this capability in con...
over 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Support EHLLAPI in HACP EE

Support for EHLLAPI is mandatory requirement for some customers to upgrade to HACP EE as it is used extensively in HOD
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Containerization of HATS projects

System: HATSActor: Official support for HATS containers HATS is a commonly used product that provides Host Access modernization. HATS projects are normally web applications that are deployed to an application server and accessed over a browser. De...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release

Add support to EDCDSECT for generating Doxygen-compatible comments

We have a product that has many data areas in common between C/C++ code and Assembler code. We generate the C/C++ header files from the Assembler DSECTs using the EDCDSECT utility provided by z/OS XL C/C++. We generate documentation for the C/C++ ...
over 8 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 21 Planned for future release

Reorg While Open (CR+) should not have a long during lock on the catalog

The Reorg While Open function of Advanced Catalog Management (CR+) puts a lock on the catalog during rebuilding. For larger catalogs this can take up to several minutes. In this time, no datasets residig in this catalog can be accessed and no new ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

ZD&T documentation about scenario where ZD&T Agent changed after deployment

Provide documentation or technote about the scenario where the ZD&T Agent changed or no longer available after image deployment. How to upgrade existing ZD&T target image? How to replace (if possible) the ZD&T agent?
over 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Planned for future release

ZD&T web server (Enterprise Edition) to show all files located in SFTP Server

Customer would like to have the option inside of ZD&T web server (Enterprise Edition) via GUI to see the list of all files (volumes and dataset) located in SFTP server.
over 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) VFAFILL=NO support for TPFDF

PJ46019 provided support for VFAFILL=NO. This allowed read intensive utilities to read VFA candidate records from disk without also putting them in VFA. For read intensive utilities that are only going to read the records once, this avoided displa...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Planned for future release

Allow for SFTP and Tectia server

Tectia Server in IBM Z/OS use file transfer to MVS dataset (FTADV – File Transfer Advice String) using SFTP protocol in the Mainframe. HOD Dev team investigated the code including on the mainframe end. After discussion with the Development manager...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Planned for future release

HACPEE Print Session enabled by default

HACPEE 2.0 provides Printing Support feature. In order to enable it, each user needs to manually enable the checkbox in properties : Properties -> Associated Printer -> Enable Printer Session We have thousand of users and for us it is not fe...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release