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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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Continuous Data Collection Enhancements

For the Continuous Data Collection Tivoli tool, we would like the following metrics added to the CDC SYSTEM tab:Mils/MsgPathlengthService Time
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

Hebrew/BIDI support for File Manager-DB2 using eclipse plugin of RDz

Hebrew/BIDI support for File Manager using eclipse plugin of RDz
almost 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DWC Allow Sort Fields To Be Saved

When you use the DWC and create you custom views you cannot save your sort field options and have to enter this over and over again.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Make SA messages or at least message help, more operator friendly. In this case I refer specifically to threshold messages.

Some SA messages tend to be cryptic for the operator. One of two things occur when the message and/or online help is not detailed enough.1. Emails are sent to the operators to update their documentation to explain what to do, which is redundant wi...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Support Graphic option in RDz Host Emulator

In PCOMM it can enable the "Graphic" option, but we can't see the same option in RDz host emulator.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

OTMA Flood Protection should allow use of all available private storage

IMS OTMA flood protection limit maximum is 9,999 messages. We have much more extended private defined in our system and should be able to take advantage of however much extended private we would like before going into flood protection.
almost 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

87671, 49R, 000 BGQ , xlc++ 12.1.0.7 -O2 slow , vulcan , John Gyllenhaal

-------- Forwarded Message --------Subject: RE: 87671, 49R, 000 BGQ , xlc++ 12.1.0.7 -O2 slow , vulcan , John GyllenhaalDate: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:54:40 -0500From: Viktor Ganich <vganich@ca.ibm.com>To: Paul Szepietowski <pauls@llnl.gov>...
almost 10 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 4 Not under consideration

Update XML Templates via batch

Provide an easy to use facility to use batch to update a template
almost 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Make the wait time for the MGMM_TESTCOPY_CAPTURE script tunable

The MGMM_TESTCOPY_CAPTURE script assumes a low RPO for the GM session and times out after 25 seconds. If the average RPO is 8 seconds or greater the TESTCOPY_CAPTURE will fail repeatedly leaving limited timeframes (ie during low system activity) w...
almost 10 years ago in GDPS 3 Not under consideration

Code Coverage - Delete Observation Support Needed

How do we get rid of old entries in the Observation Viewer item list? Seems odd that a delete option is not provided in the panel.The only workaround to go into the XML and remove the observation manually.
almost 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration