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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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SAIOM add support for SIP telephony to replace physical voice cards, allow SAIOM to be run as a VM.

We currently leverage SAIOM voice functionality in an IVR format to provide end-user automated tasks for the Operations team. we have SAIOM v2.1.2 running on bare-metal x86 Windows 2012 with Intel Dialogic Voice cards. we need to move off bare-met...

Report USS-usage in CICS Statistics and CMF

Migrating to CICS TS 5.5 we observed a notable increase of USS dubs with OTE-RMIs (CICS Sockets). This is described in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.5.0/installing/dfha1pk.html. I suggest to extend CICS statistics to provide...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Add Heap Memory High Watermarks to default RTMC Dashboards for JVMs

We would like to see the 64-bit and 31-bit high water marks for the heap regions used by JVMs limited by MAXXMES, MAXXMAP, and EMPS. This would be incredibly helpful to monitor Java for any problem troubleshooting, and give us an easier way to fin...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

The ability for opening multiple host connections concurrently

We often need to connect multiple host environments concurrently in daily job. z/os connect does not have this ability. If we want to connect another host via cmci or cicsplex SM connection we automatically get logged out from the existing one.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) - Provide information about loadset resource consumption to warn of possible problems managing very large loadsets

If a loadset contains a very large number of programs, or programs that are very large, activation can result in unexpectedly large increases in CRPA consumption, and loadset accept processing can temporarily consume an unexpectedly large number o...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

File Manager Compare - display offset

Enhance File Manager compare output to show offset when using record field display. It is possible to have several field in a cobol recordstructure with same name. The compare then shows the name only, but not which one of the fields. This is FMZO...
8 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IDz does not recognize variables used in "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause that were defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION instead of the LINKAGE SECTION

Variables used in the "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause have to be defined in the LINKAGE SECTION. If not, even if they are defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION, it ends with a compilation error on the mainframe "IGYPA3067-S Operand "REC-NSCERCH...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Enable File manager in IDZ to work with MFA enabled

IDZ is unable to use file manager to copy files between sysplex /lpars when MFA is enabled. See Sev2 Case TS016140826 for additional info.
8 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Monitor BMP Checkpoint rate

We would like to be able to set a situation i Omegamon that becomes true when the checkpoint rate for a BMP exceeds the number of checkpoints per second for a given value. In the attribute group for Dependent Regions there is only BMP Checkpoint C...
almost 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Other 0 Future consideration

Move the options in FMN2POPT - FM/Db2 options module - to a regular parameter file

We want to move away from assembler based product options and modifications to a modern approach with regular parameter files. This approach provides more agility, easier maintenance and easy transparency on used settings. This initiative is not l...
over 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration