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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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New RACF messages indicating Next Token mode

Background - We are migrating from CA Top Secret to IBM RACF, here at our site. We are also migrating from CA AAM to IBM MFA. Under CA Top Secret, we enter "RSA Next Token Mode" after failing 3 attempts to logon. The CA Top Secret throws messages ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Future consideration

System Automation - Handling Long-Running Enqueues improvement

As IBM recommended, the IBM System Automation's Handling Long-Running Enqueues (ENQs) function was enable in order to determnine a contention problem on RACF Databases getting a dump of the holder of the resource. The objective of the RFE 87447 is...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Report for System Information regarding zCentric workstations in IWSz

For ABNAMRO client, that has hundreds of zCentric workstations, a periodic report is required for System Information regarding zCentric workstations. That is the information you can see in 5.5 dialogue in IWSz (ISPF) with the "I" line command. E.g...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Parenthesis are not highlighted in IDz COBOL editor (compared to TSO)

In TSO (ISPF editor), when parenthesis number is not rational (insufficient or in excess), the problematic parenthesis is highlighted in pink. In IDz (COBOL editor), there is no highlighted for this exact same problem. We wish we can have a clear ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Future consideration

GDPS Reconfiguration Wizard : introduce ability to pause and restart the initial Global Copy

When using the proposed GDPS Reconfiguration Wizard to migrate to a new DS8000, once the new device is defined and we enter the "New DSS Configuration & Mirroring" process, a Global Copy is initiated between the current production box and the ...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

CEDA ADD GROUP( ) LIST( ) FIRST or LAST Attribute

We only have 2 options when we ADD group to List in CSD, i.e BEFORE and AFTER.It if difficult wjen you working on huge projects like 200 existing lists, which already contains groups.Ex: If we want to add DB2CONN group in list, it should be added ...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

DRF XF - Function to verify all recovery assets for a time range, and give report at individual asset level

In DRF Extended Functions I would like a new feature that would allow me to give a time span, either a date range, or ideally a number of days in the past, on either the VERIFY or HCHECK function that would confirm each recovery asset for the enti...
over 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Update ZDHST with NVP and ECB Owner Data

As we continue to increase our use of Name-Value Pairs(NVPs) for troubleshooting and for Realtime Runtime Metrics Collection (RTMC), the NVP area has become crucial to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve test and production issues. Most of our dumps ...
6 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

CICS region id and CICS default id should not be same .

Hi , In CICS We will have CICS REGION id and CICS Default id and, both id should be used differently , and Security access also have to be different. in current scenario in SIT DFLTUSER={CICSUSER|userid} , if we code DFLTUSER=CICREGID ( where DFLT...
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

IMS Explorer - Test case - Passticket support

As moving to more secured enironment we need Passticket/one-time-password support when running a testcase in IMS explorer.
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Future consideration