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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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LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D'

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D' . Please refer IBM case TS016750744.
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

IMS API first approach

See https://github.com/zosconnect/sample-cics-api-first Would be great if this API first approach would not be limited to CICS, should also be possible for IMS. Eliminates the need to maintain the designer installation and learn how-to use the it....
4 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Support outbound CICS --> REST API (OpenAPI v3) calls using a containerized solution on OpenShift

Currently the exposure of OpenAPI 3 REST APIs inbound to z/OS is supported on openshift x86 containerized architecture. Outbound calls from CICS to the REST API (OpenAPI v3) instead require the runtime to be installed on z/OS. This generates a dup...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

A new field for occurences with the original ADID

Workload (dynamic and static) increases rapidly and the end of the CP planning period got hit regularly. To avoid this issue some woradounds are needed and already supported by PIF. PIF (e.g. WAPL) can create an alias occurence ids. However, the o...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Extending the accuracy of the input arrival date time

Workload (dynamic and static) increases rapidly and the end of the CP planning period got hit regularly. To avaid complicated workarounds, the input arrival date time needs a better accuracy - at least to seconds. By increasiny the accuracy of the...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

In a GDPS MGM TOPOLOGY the KG/KR analyzes if the tertiary disks are ONLINE by any system, before accepting the GDASD START SECONDARY RESTART command.

After a recovery simulation test on the B.RS1 disks (tertiary disk in Region B), we had problems in the synchronization process of the GM copy (GDASD START SECONDARY RESTART command) when having some disks ONLINE from an emergency system (it was u...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 10 Not under consideration

EQQSERVER avoid 878 abend by limiting connections

The EQQSERVER uses memory under 16 MB. If many jobs use the EQQSERVER, we get an S878. To avoid downtime, the number of concurrent connections must be limited. The server task should reject or queue new incoming connections (e.g. a FIFO queue). To...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 4 Future consideration

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T

dls should list all dataset types (including VSAM) by default (not just non-VSAM/GDGs) along with including the VSAM dataset type when using -T dls xxxxxxxx.** dls will only list all VSAM datasets using the -t option, but the dls man page does not...
4 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Please provide means for CSQLIGHT/DRLSLOGP to enrich log with SYSPLEX_NAME, MVS_SYSTEM_ID and even IMS_CTRL_REGION

The COLLECT CSQ for IMS depends on the IMS_SYSTEM_NAMES lookup table. However, any shop having the same IMS_SYSTEM_IDs on all their SYSPLEX environments (PROD/QUAL/DEV) have to manually set the SYSPLEX_NAME, MVS_SYSTEM_ID, IMS_CTRL_REGION making i...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted