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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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Store Up/Down Message in ASF and show in DISPINFO

The message(s) that triggered ACTIVMSG, resp. TERMMSG, should be stored in the Automation Status File (ASF) along with the already available timestamp.This information should then also be shown by DISPINFO. This requirement has been discussed at E...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

TXSeries for Linux code page support

Related to: Case #002565956Environment: TXSeries for Linuxlocale: ja_JP.sjis In case of using vendor extension characters in program source code and BMS map source, cicstcl/cicstran and cicsmap command failed.We know TXSeries uses iconv for code c...
about 5 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CDP and TWS logs

With TWS , there is an option to wite LOGS and messages in a zFS file ( parm CDP(YES) ). Then the zFS file can be streamed online using CDP (Common Data Provider). However the file is not properly formatted as KV (key=value) for Splunk. Could you ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 2

Extend "Check Topology script" to verify that a Region Swap would succeed if executed

Almost an extension of the Check Topology script, but goes further by validating that everything is available, remote lpars, Standard action settings that would be used, replication links, etc. We had a failed production region swap test (first tr...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 5 Not under consideration

Enhance Capability of DFSNDMX0 Exit

1) Pass information to exit to indicate if a deadlock abend was due to an ESS deadlock. Business value: DB2 handles lock timeouts on object locks, such as tablespace locks, as deadlocksThese are persistent conditions, a retry of the transaction is...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Future consideration

Message when PPI status changes

Some NetView functions need to connect to the NetView PPI to be operational. We can see these vis DISPPI command. We manage a couple of function using SA and have to poll the DISPPI command to check the connection. To make this processing better, ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Ability to launch Python from batch like JZOS

We would like the ability to launch Python from batch like the way JZOS can launch Java from batch.
10 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

CICS/RRS support for batch EXCI/NOSYNCHONRETURN connecting to CICS on a different LPAR

Please add RRS support to CICS for NOSYNCHONRETURN where the batch EXCI job runs on 1 LPAR connecting to CICS on another LPAR.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Let the GDPS automatically perform the 'FCWITHDRAW FC1' if it detects that the extended groups are filling up.

We currently have an GDPS MGM3SITE configuration and are thinking about defining FC1 disks to be able to perform 'recovery tests in Region B' without affecting the GM copy. FC1 disks are ESE. In testing of filling Extend Pools in TEST environments...
8 months ago in GDPS 2 Future consideration

Prevent users from debugging excluded programs

Due to many reasons (privacy, performance, ...) organizations might want some programs to be excluded from debugging. Currently, the command NAMES EXCLUDE allows for that. However, it lacks fine-grain control over that exclusion. Worse than that, ...
10 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration