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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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Allow calculation of "OCLASTC" variables for months in the future

Currently, we can calculate the last calendar day with OCLASTC. From time to time it is needed to calculate the last calendar day of +1M or even more. According to these documentations, it is not valid to just calculate +1M to OCLASTC and the beha...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 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

Please Add Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Support to z/OSMF Connection(s) in IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua 3.3

After migrating to MFA at our organization, our z/OSMF connections in IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua 3.3 became obsolete due to lack of support for MFA. In the interest of security and standardization, please consider adding MFA support to z/OSMF. Tha...
6 months ago in z/OS Explorer / All components 1 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

Specify the CCSID in the DFHLS2JS utility so that the char data in the data structure can be encoded independently at runtime

We can use the DFHLS2JS utility in the CICS JSON assistant to create from a copybook a bundle that contains the JSON file. The JSON file is normally used again in a CICS transaction. Now it is the case that we want to reuse the utility for another...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

GDPS Sysplex Resource Management provide confirmation

When using GDPS Metro Sysplex Resource Management function to switch Sysplex policy, please display the policy GDPS is going to activate and switch on panel VPCPASSU.So users can visualize and confirm which policy GDPS is about to activate and con...
about 3 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

GDPS PREVENTS USE OF XCF FUNCTION

Bradesco bank uses GDPS for all Sysplex related maintenance as recommended in the GDPS manuals. However, when there is a need for updates in the CFRM policy customer would like to make use of the DISPLAY XCF,REALLOCATE,TEST command to check for po...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

Python module for BCPii

We are close to ending 2024, and writing HTTP requests in ASM, C/C++, REXX is a massive crutch.One can imagine how something that is meant to be a last resort (client web enablement toolkit) has become the norm, out of sheer resistance to introduc...
4 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Future consideration

EQQSERVER avoid 878 abend

The EQQSERVER uses storage below 16 MB. If we have a lot of jobs using EQQSERVER, we get an S878.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration