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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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Add capability to copy projects with their data from one system to another

The build takes a while for our projects and IBM suggested to add more build server machines (we use virtual servers) to allow multiple project to be build at the same time. The Callgraph update process however always run on the batch server which...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

EKMF Web integration to Salesforce Cache-Only Key Service

Enable the feature to manage Salesforce Cache-Only Key Service
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Planned for future release

EKMF Web integration to MS DKE

Needs to manage MS DKE from EKMF WEB to ensure to keep all secrets on our on premises IBM Z platform
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0

JAVA NEW FUNCTION TO ENABLE USERS TO OVERRIDE DATABASENAME TO CHANGE THE CONNECTION

In order to override a PSBNAME to change the connection, an application would use the HybridDataSource class that allows the parameter of a IMSConnectionSpec to set a new databaseName. If a connection has been obtained previously, however, this do...
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

Have C compile optionally use non deprecated instruction BALR and use BASR

Today if I want to call an assembler program from C it uses BALR. This is deprecated, and I need special code to support it. The compiler needs an option to say "use Branch and save (BASR) instead of BALR"
over 2 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 8 Not under consideration

CICS Config Manager Sort Function in CMCI connection

CICS CM Explorer CMCI connection doesn't allow sort on columns as the regular CMCI connection does, thus having to swap connections to sort columns based on criteria. I.E. Transaction Definitions, sort on REMOTE ID in regular CMCI connection, can ...
over 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Ability to manage key archival from EKMF-Web and carry the attribute forward to the CKDS

Today EKMF-Web does not support key archival where ICSF does. As our key management platform we would like to initiate/manage key archival from EKMF-Web and have the metadata updated on the CKDS when archival is performed. It would also make sense...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 1 Future consideration

Modification to the IMS X'04C' log record

In order to monitor users who are performing specific IMS commands, we are requesting that the IMS DFSLOG4C macro (x'04C log record) be modified to include the USERID of the requester. The IMS commands we are interested in are STOPs/STARTs (includ...
about 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Improve zVM component to track zVM Memory Usage

Today we have both IzPCA components for the zVM Installed (VMACCT and VMPRF). Anyway, the tables included in these components does not provide fields to track zVM memory usage, trends or bottlenecks. Please add fields to the tables in the zVM comp...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Add Parameter to AUTH Call to Supress ICH408 Messages

Add a parameter to the AUTH call that suppresses ICH408 messages, especially in cases where authorization failures are expected.
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

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