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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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Improve Workload scheduler on z/OS integration with Dynamic Domain manager

Today the only option avaibale to manage the integration between a TWSz Controller with a Dynamic Domain Manager environment configured in High Availability (Primary & Secondary) is using the Primary & Alternate workstation (where the Prim...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

File Manager performance improvement for DSLIST

End users have compared the performance of SCS data list of File Manager to SASZDLST for the samesearch sting. SASZDLST time is ELAPSED=12.65and File manager is ELAPSED=10:53.01 That is 12 seconds vs 10 minutes. It makes it really had to get progr...
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSC delete vsam should use FM if installed

When DSC is configured to use FileManager, DSC should use FM to rename a vsam file and not generate the following: IQIP998 Rename does not support VSAM files.
over 7 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Not under consideration

CCSONP - NO DISPENSE IF MOD PAIR (or Mod) TOO BUSY

It's been years since “ALL” TPF MOD PAIRs (P&D) have produced the same performance and this disparity is getting worse with FICON; due to multiple device activity per channel, hundreds of devices per frame, tens of channels per CPU and tens of...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

No multiline message for CWWKZ0001I

No multiline message for CWWKZ0001I
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

TPFAR needs more flexibility in choosing the Complex Name

TPFAR does not allow for the flexibility of having a Complex Name that is different from the CTKI specified complex name. We should have the option to choose the TPFAR complex name for each TPF system.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Improve Sysplex Distributer / DVIPA routing for CICSplex

Today, a TCP/IP connection request comes to a specific DVIPA definition in TCP/IP and is essentially routed “round robin” across eligible LPARs and CICS regions. We want CPSM to influence which CICS region / LPAR is assigned to new DVIPA connectio...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

AD Support for Systematics Core Banking Software

The Systematics Core Banking Solution offers end-to-end solutions for architecture, customer information (Relationship Manager), deposits (IMPACS & Savings Time), lending (Advanced Lending Solution Servicing Manager), and financial and managem...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Require fine grain security for IMS Admin service in z/OS Connect

A more fine grained security model is needed for IMS Admin service in zCEE so that multiple E4D development teams can share the same instance of zCEE server without the danger of stepping on other team's artifacts.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CICS provisioning workflow - VSAM dataset definitions

In the CICS provisioning workflow, the USS zfs definition uses DATACLAS while the definition for the CSD uses volume and unit.Both are VSAM. It would like to be able to use any SMS class or none by using a volume and unit for either dataset.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration