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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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: Remote Console hex view

Could the remote console be enhanced to provide a hex view/editor of the content to allow the user to view and possibly correct non-printable characters?
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 2 Not under consideration

Telnet interface in Toolkit

Could a Putty or similar interface to linux be integrated into the TPF Toolkit. Maybe there is something in Eclipse or another IBM product that could be leveraged over and above our existing shell.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

RDz911- Auto export to source library when saved the code changes in Remote projects

Hi,We are trying to Compare code changes of one developer with other developer changes on the same source module.When i edit the source in Remote projects and made changes to the source file, i want to see if there is any changes happened to the s...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Allow CC server to recognize and process connection attempts for generic scanning tools

Unable to run SSL port scan tool against the CC server port and get SSL details. Request CC server to recognize and process connection attempts for generic scanning tools to meet security teams needs.
over 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Create a trace route function that uses ICMP

Currently there is trace route functionality on z/TPF that uses UDP. We have had difficulty using this since our firewall routers discard the UDP packets and the trace route does not complete properly. We are asking that another trace route utilit...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Provide PMTU retransmits and errors at connect detail

Omegamon MFN provide stats on the stack workspace that shows both PMTU errors and retransmissions. On the connect detail there is no way to know if that connect had a PMTU error or retransmission. At the connect detail it will have the remote IP w...
over 9 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 3 Planned for future release

Simplify tape handling and add equates to tpftape.h

Enhance ZTDEV and update tpftape.h1. Allow for a range of devices when using the ZTDEV ENA, DISA, [Deleted], and UNA options. Example:ZTDEV ENA 340-F B40-FZTDEV DISA 340-F B40-FZTDEV [Deleted] 340-F B40-F GROUP-ALLZTDEV UNA 340-F B40-F GROUP-ALL 2...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

After HSM recall failed, send recall to other systems.

When a recall fails with "ARC1102I DATA SET IS NOT MIGRATED/BACKED UP", often it is migrated on another system. Instead of having to log onto one or many other LPARs to recall the dataset, I would prefer an automatic (or manual) way of issuing a r...
over 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm 2 Future consideration

Add Queue Manager name to SOAP Descriptor Table

In the Soap Deployment descriptor we can only define a Queue Name where the message should be sent to. We have the need to be able to also define the Queue Manager name in this table. If we can only define the queue name, then we would have to def...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

CINFC table display ZDCNF enhancement request

For the zTPF CINFC display function ZDCNF, CPS0 must be rebuilt (CCNUCL) and loaded for ZDCNF to pick up new tags which means we need to load a CP on a TLD for CINFC changes.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration