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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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Access to z/OS Logstreams

z/OS Logstreams are used by CICS as Journals available to application programs. Currently there is the IXGxxxx assembler programming interface and the LOGR SUBSYS facility to read them as if they were BSAM or QSAM. Could ZOAU support them via the ...
about 2 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

OOS tracks in MGM3SITE recovery region

When production is failed over in the RECOVERY region, we will be in Global copy from C-B. When we are ready for failing back to main region, we run the MGM3SITE_GOHOME_CAS_RS1_RS1. During that, it will ensure EMPTYOOS. However, if there are lot o...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 6 Planned for future release

Include CPU consumed by API in interceptors

Customer needs to determine APIs with high CPU to target for tuning. The customer uses OMEGAMON for JVM for API monitoring and they would like CPU per API included in detail reports.
7 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

Add the LSPR workload type to the CP CEC Usage Analysis report - Report number CPCPU01

Currently in the CP CEC Usage Analysis report - Report number CPCPU01 we notice that the CEC MIPS rating changes/fluctuates e.g. 3931-710 has 18788 MIPS according to the IBM LSPR table. However during certain intervals, we notice the MIPS drop to ...
5 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Add the ability to connect via passticket with "Remote Connection Emulator" (RCE) from IBM Developper for z/OS 16*

Currently, users can connect to IDz thru RACF passticket but must use a user/password to connect to HCE, and now RCE. Would it be possible to find a method or at least reuse the passticket connection set up on IDz to automatically connect to the h...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 2 Not under consideration

Reducing IMS/Db2 connection pooling thread footprint of an MPP when RLA=Y

Details When RLA=Y (PH33024) is set there is an opportunity to enhance IMS/Db2 connection pooling (DSNMIN20) . Right now IMS connection pooling modules DFSESAT0 and DFSESCT0 hand over PSTUSID as EEVPUSID to Db2 . Db2 uses this userid as first part...
over 2 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Future consideration

Debug a Cobol program (6.3) using LangX side file

With Cobol 6, we cannot debug programs using LANGX side files. We would like to continue using this feature as we were able to do with Cobol 4 programs
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Please Provide a SYSPARM table view in CICS Explorer

I am opening this RFE to bring attention to and focus the request in RFE 100754. The WUI's view of the SYSPARM table at Home > CICS Operations > CICS region operations views > System parameters is MUCH more friendly than what is currently...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Future consideration

Rearrange ACTUAL START field from panel EQQSOP2L to panel EQQSOP1L

Currently in Workload Scheduler for Z, the panel 5.2, then option 2 (Operation List). In panel EQQSOP1L, there are Jobname, Status, Input Arrival, Deadline, Latest start and Crit path fields. When pressing F11 to panel EQQSOP2L, there are addition...
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Package DBB as a z/OS Container image

After the introduction of the z/OS Container Platform we want to leverage that and package our build framework (based on DBB) into a container. This allows us to more easily decide what version of DBB we work with and can more easily add features ...
4 months ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration