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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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Present warning or prevent pages in the Deploy Wizard from being named those IBM ships

When a client is using the Deployment Wizard and they attempt to name a page one of the shipped names, either prevent them from using the name or present a warning that this is the name of a shipped file and do not recommend using this name for a ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Examples in user guide

It is not an enhancement request, but I could not find any other source to send feedback. It would be nice if examples and sample JCLs can be coded in the manual along with the syntax of various functions like explore and generate.
about 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

No hourly statistics for DFSMS DCOLLECT

the DFSMS component only collects at daily level, could you think about the creation of an hourly table, for exemple a DFSMS_VOLUME_H could help in the daily peak analisis for a Storage Group given.
about 9 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

Display capability for MQ socket buffer usage

Provide display capability for MQ socket buffer usage (zmqsc statenhancement?) and/or include usage of it in data collection reporting.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Provide sample CSV files as an IVP to populate CICS IA UDB

Provide CSV files for all CICS IA supported DB2 tables for loading into a UDB for purposes of installation verification. Also provide an IVP script to run a suite of IVP queries on all tables to verify the UDB deployment.
about 9 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Support RTC and RTC Integration for TPF Toolkit 4.2.3

Support Rational Team Concert 6.0 and RTC Integration with current release of TPF Toolkit 4.2.3/4.2.4
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Output Manager download function to create Excel tabs

When a client opts to download an indexed report or one which has multiple custom reports defined it would be very beneficial if the resulting download to Excel format would place the different indexes or custom reports into separate tabs of the s...
about 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance Transaction Expiry to remove ABEND 0243

IMS Should be able to test message at GU to the IOPCB for transaction expiry, and send only an 'expired' message back without taking a U0243 abend.
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Not under consideration

CICS PA More Pre Defined Calculations

We need IBM to produce more CICS PA reports that do some of the calculations that we have do over and over for Performance and tuning . Especially for the Loggers . This would save us so much time and make the product an easier selling point . Wit...
about 9 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

New exit to provide visibility to DPL/FS routing through COR regions

Need an exit to expose DPL calls thatare function shipped from the COR to the AOR. When a program is defined as remote a DPL call entring the COR will be routed without a DPL call so the DPL exit is not invoked,
about 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration