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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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API for admin dashbord

To improve automation capability setting up, creating and managing projects that in normal case require manual intervention through the dashboard. I propose to add a api to do the same tasks through some kind of api (http, config-file or cli) to b...
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

E3270 Events Tab KOBSEVTS should accept multi-tenancy settings

Currently Omegamon E3270 events tab KOBSEVTS doesn't use multi-tenancy settings and shows all available events. KOBSEVTS should benefit multi-tenancy settings. The customer should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether they want to ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support of CICS HTTP error response in application/json

When CISC as an HTTP server receive a web request via TCPIPSERVICE and send an error response (401 basic auth error, 404 no matching urimap definition...), it does so in text/xml, application/soap+xml, or HTML depending on the media type of the re...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Future consideration

Specify product specific message id instead of BPXM023I with JZOS API MvsConsole.wto

Z Digital Integration Hub is a Java based strategic hybrid cloud integration product on z/OS for realtime information flow between z/OS core systems and hybrid cloud application. We are currently implementing the support for STOP, DISPLAY and SHUT...
3 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Under review

Add DFHTABLE support for SIT (System Initialization Table).

Easier to upgrade CICS. Fewer tables to assemble. Can easily view all SIT Settings, when in ISPF, while reviewing the job, for ongoing support or analysis.
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

GDPS should automatically clean up from destructive repair operations on storage devices

We recently had a "B" box outage that required support to utilize the CST process that removes all in memory structures including copy services. This created orphaned secondary pairs in our GDPS Metro Global session. Currently within GDPS we can o...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 6 Not under consideration

Receiving meta information when listing members

z Open Automation Utilities provide function to check meta information when listing a data set (like created or last changed). It would be really usefull to have this function as well for member listing.
about 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Handle abend when using JSON GENERATE statement

We are facing an issue when using the JSON GENERATE cobol statement with cobol variables containing incorrect value. For exemple, in the case of a numeric variable containing spaces, the order triggers an ASRA abend and the generated json buffer i...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Enforcing JESSPOOL security rules on JCAN command

When JCAN is used to issue a cancel or purge command, it will issue the operator command $CJ(nnnnnn). This is like what SDSF does, when a line command C/P against the selected job. The significant difference is SDSF can/will perform a check agains...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Set the jobstep return-code for DFHSIP to a higher value than zero when a JVM server in CICS abends

After an abend of JVMSERVER (timeout) during startup of CICS, CICS ends with RC=0.
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Is a defect

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