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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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Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE. Our developers are used to HCE and what it offers. RCE is just not at its level and therefore the developers won't switch to IDz 16.0 unless the HCE is in there.
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Under review

Trackinglist - Call Sequence Report: create a filter to ommit Orphan Transactions groups

-Trackinglist with callseq parameter: The purpose of the call sequence report we seek is to discover the flow of transactions that are being executed in our system. At this time, we would like to see only complete paths/flows in this report and no...
about 2 months ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

Renew a certificate in the ring without restart CTG

As indicated in case TS016643542, currently, when we modify a certificate in the RACF ring used by the CTG, it is necessary to restart the STC for detect it, which implies a loss of service. We think it would be interesting to have the possibility...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Create tape datasets from Python API to ZOAU

In zOS there are two types of hardware datasets, the datasets that exist on Direct Access Devices (DISKs) and datasets that exist on TAPES. Data in datasets can be too large to be housed on DISKs, so the datasets are put on Tapes so that they don'...
8 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

Need HACP EE to allow for the customization of its navigation bar just as Host On-Demand does

Currently, HACP EE V 4.2 offers a very limited option for the user to customize the navigation bar. We need user to be able to customize their HACP EE navigation bar just as if not better than what Host On-Demand currently offers.
8 days ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Under review

Program Type in results should be accurate

If you specify DB2 or IMS and run the testcase, the zUnit results editor always shows BTCH, meaning the options DB2 or IMS which you chose in the generation phase are not reflected in the results
15 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Submitted

CSM supports Metro Mirror with Site 4 replication, can GDPS support this configuration, too?

According to DORA regulation, it is possible to have a 2-region infrastructure with the possibility to have a synchronous copy between them, an MTMM 4-Site. This gives one the chance to do a region switch with no disruption to the customers. Nowad...
6 months ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

IDz version in the application logs

We need to know which version of the IBM Developer for ZOS is using each developer of our organization. Our question is if any of the application logs are writing this information. We are using this Audit Data:https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/explorer-...
23 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

ZOAU zIIP eligibility

We're using Python on Z and ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core with zoau under the hood for increasingly large portions of our z/OS CI workload.While Python, in which ibm_zos_core written, is zIIP eligible, we suspect that zoau's modules are not (ou...
about 2 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

Support HTTPS Connection Between SMU and TEPS

SMU should use HTTPS/port 15201 instead of HTTP/port 15200 for connections to the TEPS.
3 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Future consideration

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