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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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option to export the list of users

we need an option to export the user list who has access to projects in ADDI.
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Functionality already exists

Enhance pcon Time Resolution in ZOAU Command and Python API

I'd like to have the ability to provide a higher resolution timestamp in the pcon command in both the command format and the Python API. Currently, the highest resolution one can request pcon to show is up to the minute. For highly active systems,...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Functionality already exists

Modifying zOS Connect Response using a particular condition

We want to return a portion response depending on particular value of a field in response. How it should work - say Response contains an Indicator Field Indicator1 & 2 Data Sections DataSection1, DataSection2.By default zOS Connect API returns...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Functionality already exists

add control panel to the IZOA Splunk app, where the user can specify index configuration to do an out-of-the-box install

The Splunk IZOA app is made for a single instance Splunk and if you want to roll it out on a cluster you always have to make adjustments. The IZOA Splunk app needs a lot of indexes, but each customer will have their own naming conventions, retenti...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

EKMF Web Audit Log filter not working correctly - Deutsche Bundesbank

Deutsche Bundesbank customer noticed during workshop that the EKMF Web Audit Log filtering tool wasn't working as expected. When searching a specific key label, it outputted everything.
over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 3 Functionality already exists

use product to report on orphan catalog entries

Customer has an issue with orphan catalog entires. They would like the product to report on these.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

Submit multiple zOS commands from a single "Take Action" in a situation alert.

I am trying to have the Omegamon situation alert fire off two or more zOS commands. Depending on the conditions, the situation alert would fire and take an action. The action would be more than one zOS command being submitted to process.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Automatically SET WLMHEALTH IMMCLOSE at the beginning of shutdown process

During AOR is shutting down, there is a small time window when TOR still routes transaction to this AOR and then causes AZI2 abend and DFHAC2007 message. The Documentation indicates we could initiate a cool-down process by using the SET WLMHEALTH ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Functionality already exists

Cancel this one, satisfied with CICSTS53 - XMEO filtered out. CICS UDT Datatable NOSPACE when IEF043I specified limit hit - need message in Joblog

Cancelling RFE. RFE satisfied with TS53 message DFHFC0432 and was suppressed by our local XMEO exit. CICS UDT DataTable gets NOSPACE returned when IEF043I specified limit hit. No indication Dataspace storage limit hit in CICS Joblog; WUI and Explo...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Functionality already exists

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