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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 AAM ISPF dialogs - Trailing Quote

AAM requires the trailing quote be entered to complete the data set name on the control member panel. ISPF applications commonly making the trailing quote mark optional to improve ease of use. AAM will issue a confusing error message indicating th...
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance AAM ISPF dialogs - Variable re-use

The AAM ISPF dialogs should remember last used dataset names and entries to improve usability. Especially the control member dialogs.
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance AAM ISPF dialogs - Short Message Support

When performing functions under the control member management menu it would be good if the product took advantage of the ISPF short message field to indicate actions like member saved, syntax check successful, unsuccessful, Etc.
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide timeout option for outbound HTTP CONNECT requests

If the outbound HTTP function of CICS TS is used to connect to a remote server, the socket CONNECT request can hang for up to 3 minutes if the remote server is not responding. This is the architected z/OS TCPIP timeout value (which cannot be confi...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Better handling of errors in squential terminal input

If a CICS region experiences a problem reading the input for a sequential terminal at start up, it issues various error messages and then terminates citing a failure starting the AP domain. This seems a rather drastic error for an error related to...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Automatic clear out old PROG and TRAN errors from the STATS file.

SA automation creates error entries in the SA STATS files for IMS and CICS transaction and program entries. These entries never get cleared out, so the STATS file can slowly grow over time. As programs and transactions can change over time (partic...
over 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Display DS8K port speeds in MEGATON XE For Storage

OMEGAMON XE For Storage should display configured port speeds as part of the information provided in the TotalStorage support for DS8K. When trying to determine cause and resolution for performance issues it would be good for clients to be able to...
over 8 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Support Oracle Database for the DBB WebApp

Add support for Oracle Database for the DBB Webapp
about 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Not under consideration

Support PostgreSQL for the DBB WebApp

Add support for PostgreSQL
about 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer Should Accept Assembler Side Files not in ADATA format

Fault Analyzer currently cannot accept listings for Assembler programs were compiled in Endevor using ‘NOADATA' option. We have over 6000 programs compiled this way that can be accepted into other Fault Analysis tools.
over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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