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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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FlashCopy support in emulated disks

To support fast reset of testing scenarios, we would like to make use of FlashCopy backup and restore features from within z/OS. This would require the relevant support be provided in the disk emulation layer of the product.
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Dynamically add and remove emulated volumes on a running zD&T

The alcckd command supports the volume versioning feature. This tracks changes to the volume which can then be committed or rolled back. The challenge is that this must be setup and then subsequently actioned when the volume is offline from the em...
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Code Analyzer Reporting Enhancements

We are trying to use the Code Analyzer to scan our programs for our Standards, but currently no reporting is done for our management to validate. Reports are local to the developer running them. We would like the tool to provide reporting to show ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

flood controls for policy rules and events

Provide a user customizable mechanism to control floods of triggered policy rules and events.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

compare resources

Provide a mechanism to compare multiple resources and highlight the differences. It would be very useful to be able to easily compare multiple different resources between the two regions.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Enable support for various psuedo-volumes in conversion assist tool

The conversion assist feature of tivoli advanced reporting fails to correctly identify various psuedo volume options supported by competitive solutions. As a result it fails to properly categorize archive and backup instances resulting in conversi...
about 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Functionality already exists

zOS DFSMS Naviquest: Include Last Dataset Update Date/Time Field

Hi, Our 3M Environment reached an stage where we urgently requires Information on the z/OS Datasets Last Update and unfortunately it is not currently provided. The closest IBM provides is LREF+CHGID and which is actually False Information.- The CH...
about 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Not under consideration

Stop doing pointless updates to DFHRSTAT in cpsm non-target cics regions

CPSM code should check to see if a cics region is defined as a wlm target region. If it is NOT a wlm Target region, cpsm should override (to 0) any coded, or default, UPDATE RS parm value to avoid updating DFHRSTAT with info that will never be uti...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ITOM enhancements request

We are asking the development to deploy these two functions: 1) We used to have a way of printing a report within an INDEX/VIEW in a batch job with CA-View. As far as we know, ITOM does not have this functionality. 2) When issuing the equivalent o...
about 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

TestCase Editor of zUnit capability enchancement for a program with huge number of I/F data items

TestCase Editor of zUnit capability enchancement for a program with huge number of I/F data item.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

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