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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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    Module re-optimization

    We would like the capability to optimize a module that was previously optimized with an older ABO version in order to benefit of the new ARCH support granted by the newer ABO versions after the upgrade from Z15 to Z16
    about 2 months ago in Automatic Binary Optimizer 1 Under review

    Include SMF 98 subtype 1 in SMF Record Definition available

    SMF 98 subtype 1 contains information about spin locks. This could help identify potential situations to reduce CPU Consuption that could be avoided
    8 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Under review

    Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Integration Protocol in watsonx Assistant for Z

    The Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol is a widely adopted industry standard that enables seamless communication between autonomous agents across different platforms. Currently, watsonx Assistant for Z does not provide native support for A2A, which lim...
    about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Enable Agent Triggering Beyond Human-Initiated Chat in watsonx Assistant for Z

    Currently, agents in watsonx Assistant for Z can only be activated through human-initiated chat sessions. This limits automation potential in mature enterprise environments. I propose introducing mechanisms that allow agents to start processes or ...
    about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Expand Language Support for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in watsonx Assistant for Z

    Currently, the RAG system in watsonx Assistant for Z only supports English, which significantly limits its applicability in multilingual enterprise environments. To better serve global teams and improve accessibility, I propose extending RAG langu...
    about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    To add more fields from SMF110.1 for filter transactions for online chargeback report

    Customer ask to add more fields from SMF110.1 such as Originating APPLID, Originating transaction ID, and Originating client IP address as selection criteria for CICS transaction information. Customer used this for select CICS transaction related ...
    about 1 month ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Under review

    Display progress during Omegamon Service Pack installation

    It would be really nice to have some progress status displayed during the Service Pack installation, whether it is a completion percentage or number of steps completed out of total number of steps. Right now there is no information and we have to ...
    2 months ago in Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux 0 Under review

    The TS6.1 new msg of "DFHSJ0207 11/21/2025 15:44:14 CICTxxxx JVMSERVER JVMOSGI1 is running Java version 17.0.13." only goes to TDQ; would be easier to see on the CICS JESLOG.

    It would be nice to be able to browse the CICS region's JESLOG and immediately see the DFHSJ0207 message showing the JAVA level that each JVM is using. Our Operations staff implements 95% of our CICS changes and know how to verify things in the CI...
    19 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

    MFA for z/VM in-band authentication

    The MFA solution for z/VM would be more effectively integrated into customer environments if it offered in-band authentication similar to its counterpart on z/OS. On z/OS, the MFA code operates as a started task (STC), interfacing directly with RA...
    19 days ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Under review

    DFS3UACB : BUILD PSB & USE IMS Catalogue

    When I create new PSB with old method (compile, link, acb), this methode ddin’t use the Ims catalogue and this mandarore that the DBD is in DBDLIB. For exemple, you create a new PSB with two PCB. One with DBD in DBDLIB and a second with DBD know o...
    4 months ago in IMS Database Manager 1 Under review

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