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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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Enhance Version Output for Python to Include APAR/PTF Level

To assist in bridging the gap between non-z/OS maintenance methods and traditionally understood z/OS maintenance methods, having the PTF level of the build would be helpful in the `python3 -VV` output. As it stands, IBM's communication is strictly...
about 1 month ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Submitted

New configuration setting for the IDz GUI "z/OS UNIX Files" to restrict the recursive deletion of directories

With the IDz GUI “z/OS UNIX Files” it is easy to start a recursive deletion of Unix directories. IDz will give you a warning before. If you confirm the whole tree will be deleted. In native Unix System Services it is possible to use an alias for t...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

Update code to allow SDA files in /kds/support/TEMS directory to be written with different permissions

By default, if the SDA process is unsuccessful, the intermediary SDA files are written with the 'Write' bit turned on in 'Other' class. As a result, we would like to request for an enhancement to the code where a parameter can be added so that cus...
2 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration

z/OS Connect does not currently have a way to retrieve a list of the API requesters deployed in a server configured with OpenAPI3.

Currently, z/OS Connect EE provides functionality to list APIs, but it lacks a feature for listing API Requesters deployed on a z/OS Connect EE Server configured with OpenAPI 3. In contrast, with OpenAPI 2, API Requesters can be listed by sending ...
about 2 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Planned for future release

Provide Detailed Instructions on Cloning an SMU Server from a Container to a new Container/Server for High Availability

IBM currently provides an option to install/manage/run SMU using a Red Hat (Podman)/Linux (Docker) container. It would be very useful for clients to have detailed instructions on how to make a copy of an existing SMU container to create a high ava...
about 2 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Planned for future release

CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in OMEGAMON for JVM

OMEGAMON for JVM (and record SMF 123) doesn't provide CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in z/OS Connect Server OAS3 native. This is a requirement for the client to get this information to be able to monitor and analyze perfo...
8 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Include User Name and Mapped User ID details in metrics sent to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect User, I want to be able to filter z/OS Connect API Provider metrics on my ODP dashboard based on the User Name and Mapped User ID of requests. This will allow us to gain insights into usage across different distributed applicatio...
4 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Not under consideration

Include HTTP Return Codes details in metrics sent to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect Site Reliability Engineer, I want to be able to view request HTTP Return Codes for z/OS Connect APIs in the ODP datasets. Today, I can see a "count" metric of HTTP Error Codes, but not the actual Error Codes. This will allow me, ...
4 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Not under consideration

Include z/OS Connect HTTP Header details in metrics published to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect User, I want to be able to view header details, such as Correlation ID, in the z/OS Connect Request data that is sent to Omegamon Data Provider. This will allow me to add filters to my dashboards to view specific requests, using ...
4 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Not under consideration

Cobol Editor BIDI support

Currently BIDI customers use mostly LPEX editor. The COBOL editor BIDI support is minimal and is not sufficient. It is required in order to allow BIDI customersa) enjoy from COBOL editor features b) allow BIDI customer to upgrade to future IDz rel...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review