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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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Delay processing of missed messages when NetView address space is recycled

We use the MVSPARM.Msg.Automation.MaxAge = 600 function, so NV will catch up on messages following a recycle of the address space. However, we recently missed automating a message following a recycle as it was coded in SA’s INGMSG02 table and this...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

SQL autocompletion

Hello, In IDZ15 we had autocompletion of column names of DB2 tables in sql scripts (see attached file Capture1.png). Can't we find the equivalent in IDZ1604?
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Encrypt native 3270port for consoles or TSO by SSL/TLS

The Port for native 3270 for master-/hot-consoles and TSO is unencrypted. This can be discovered by penetration tests. Security forces us to encrypt every connection. There should be a possibility to add a server certificate and open an encrypted ...
3 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

MQ Trigger support

An important customer in Italy is showing interest in our end-to-end Instana solution (z + dist.). They use IMS as a transaction monitor and applications arrive on the z platform via WASz or via MQ. zAPM Connect currently support only MQ Bridge fo...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

Enhance Python API zsystem.read_console to use OPERLOG

The current capability of the Python API only captures the syslog of the system that the API executes on. If a user wanted to automate some function / task that required capturing messages from the console in a sysplex environment that contains mu...
about 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

z/OS Connect EE - Allow enablement of TRACE at individual API provider/requester level

To capture TRACE on-demand, Today it is possible only to enable at Server instance level. In Larger Enterprises z/OS Connect EE is utilized as a Shared entity in a SYSPLEX which can be shared my many applications. So, to trace a particular applica...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 6 Not under consideration

Show when INGVARS are deleted from resources

When you add a new INGVAR to a resource, it will display inside the History section of the resource exactly what you have set and what that INGVAR has been set to. For example; History : 2020-01-21 09:31:05 Variable attribute/user/TESTVAR manipula...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Improve security processing for TCPIP-services

In a TCPIPService the authentication method must be specified. Currently there is no support for JSON Web Token (JWT).The TCPIPService definition should be enhanced to support at least JWT or better all types of authentication. And the handling sh...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology) and load them in a new KPMZ table

Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology). This will let us get information on the processor Topology of each LPAR and their evolution to better follow & understand var...
9 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Add ability to see PSBs that point to a DBD from DBD Detail panel, and sort better on that column.

On the DBD Detail Panel there is a column 'Pointed by PSB (#)'. It would be nice to have a line command to see that list of PSBs from this panel. Also, each DBD often has multiple lines (ACTIVE/ACT-DIR) with only one line having a 'Pointed by PSB(...
3 months ago in IMS Administration Tool for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

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