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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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Program flow can eliminate EXIT para which doesn't have any code statement.

This will reduce cluttering of program flow by removing unwanted EXIT para in program flow. Dont show EXIT para which doesnt have any code in it except EXIT statement.
7 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Ability to determine if any CICS transactions have debug session active

Currently there is no way to query if any CICS transaction have debug sessions active
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Possibility to specify two EQAUOPTS datasets in eqaprof.env

Copied from case: Hello, I'm setting up STC EQAPROF and was wondering if you could specify more than one pattern in the variable default_dsname. At the moment it looks like this:default_dsname="É&USERID.DLAYDBG.EQAUOPTS" We would like it to be...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Dual Control for key management actions (n/Auth)

A method for dual control is needed in EKMF Web, such that any action (request), for which dual control is required, requires two (or more) users to confirm the request before EKMF Web performs the action. These actions can be (but not limited to)...
almost 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

IDZ Sofware Analyzer - Client Batch Mode - Link with z/OS Copybooks

When we work with IDZ in an interactive mode (eclipse UI), we have added property groups for our projects, in order to link cobol copybooks strored on z/OS PDS (especially technical copybooks we don't need in the Workspace : SQL Messages, MQ, ...)...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Config to limit Thread or Connection usage at API/URL level

We have had multiple high severity incidents where degradation of one service for reasons such as latency, looping, database contentions, deadlocks etc ends up quickly (in matter of seconds) exhausting all available threads within z/OS Connect the...
7 months ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

AD lacks inter-relation analysis capability from java service connected to mainframe.

Proposed idea: 1. In current AD 6.0.1/6.1.x all artifacts loaded from z/OS into application discovery on windows would enable user to analyze the inter-module relationships/interdependencies in mainframe alone but it didn't show the holistic view ...
7 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

manage/clean ctgjnilog files

The WebSphere application server z/OS generates messages in the ctgjnilog files and we need to manage/clean ctgjnilog files ourself. I would like these files would be managed more efficiently in the future. Could you create new options to be set: ...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Let Enterprise Cobol Compiler exploit zIIP CPU

Starting from version 5, enterprise cobol compilers have increased the cpu used to compile programs, especially using optimization options of the executables.Offload the CPU used by compilers to zIIP processors at least during the most cpu busy ph...
almost 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

zCDP to support CA/BroadCom IDMS SMF record collection

In ASEAN, there is a customer who uses CA/Broadcom IDMS.Customer has some difficulty to produce any IDMS performance related report So.. if zCDP is able to collect IDMS SMF record in near-real time, then forwards it into Analytic Platform (such li...
7 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

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