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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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    Enable zEDC compression support in the SMF Extractor of ZPCA

    It would be usefull an enhancement for Z Performance and Capacity Analytics (ZPCA) to support native zEDC compression within the SMF Extractor, similar to the compression available when SMF compress records before writting to the logstream (SMFPRM...
    7 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    VPCEQUERY-Based Recovery Copy Detection

    Enable automated detection of active recovery copy operations using VPCEQUERY, enhancing operational awareness and preventing conflicts or redundant recovery actions.
    about 2 months ago in GDPS 7 Planned for future release

    Load Module Analyzer

    Please add compile timestamp as an option to the CSECT output of the Load Module Analyzer in File Manager to easily differentiate same-day compiles. Currently, only date is supported.
    6 days ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Add Timeout Argument to Find, Wait and Hold Macro/Functions (assembler & C)

    Applications/Utilities/Processes need a way to provide the max amount of time it is willing to wait to access a data record. If the timeout value for the "W"ait has been reached, then the process can make a determination what should happen in the ...
    6 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Submitted

    Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

    As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
    8 months ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Future consideration

    Add new keyword to retry DBD allocation during TAKEOVER phase to prevent abend when database is in use

    We are requesting a new option in ORF to delay dataset allocation retries by a configurable X-minute interval, with up to Y retry attempts. This would align with Db2’s behavior of reattempting writer drains during reorganization, helping to avoid ...
    6 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Future consideration

    IntelliMagic for z/OS Storage / DSS Replication / Add a group nickname to identify specific Link-IDs of a DSS

    I would like to have the option, to set a group nickname in the sharedcfg.txt for the replication links of each DSS. This would make the replication behaviour more transparent, because you see, which Link-IDs belong together for a specific replica...
    17 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Under review

    Control the formatting of the exported PDF

    When IM Reports are EXPORTED as a PDF, an option should be made available to the user to remove all the associated technical descriptive text and/or the imbedded hyperlinks. The "technical descriptive text" is exactly that - it contains a lot of t...
    about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Under review

    Allow selective EXPORT of reports from a Dashboard

    Currently there is no ability in a Dashboard to select reports(s) that are to be EXPORTed. It is either an all or nothing approach. I have built a dashboard that has 28 reports and would like to only 4 of these reports via a Scheduled Export to ou...
    about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Under review

    SHOPZ enhancement

    We would like ShopZ to propose an HTML5 based downloader, through a browser and without any installation of Windows software or Java plugin. Enterprise workstations are subject to more and more security constraints. A bare browser functionality sh...
    12 days ago in IBM Shopz 0 Submitted

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