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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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Convert all BJTDBASE tablespaces to Partition by Growth (PBG)

Currently, the DDL supplied with ITOM for all Db2 objects in the ITOM BJTDBASE database creates all base tablespace objects as classic segmented tablespaces, which have been deprecated by Db2 development for at least 3 years now. The recommended t...
4 months ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IDz to support BMS Map Subfields.

Need IDz to be able to support the ability to have subfields like in SDF. We have many maps today that use the subfields within SDF.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Refresh application programs in a MPR with persistent JVM

IMS with MPP with persistent JVM. CANCEL_PGM=NO and COBOL main transaction programs calling JAVA methods via COBOL Object Oriented Wrapper and JNI APIs. The Language Environment enclave remains active during all the MPR lifetime in order to keep t...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

CICS T/S Named Counter services - externalize the actual name of the Named Counter within statistics

CICS provides detailed Named Counter Pool statistics but it should also externalize the actual names of the Named Counters using the pool along with detailed usage for each counter. I'm told by IBM that CFRTRFLD in DFHNCCF has the Named Counter na...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

OM JVM - Realtime monitor CPU and Memory per zOSCEE API and Service

A customer who is using zOSCEE would like to monitor the usage of CPU time and Memory per API and Service.For system operation point of view, this information is required for better management.Current OM JVM is able to provide "Response Time", but...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 2 Future consideration

Allow VMRELOCATE outside of ICIC

Currently a VMRELOCATE performed on a virtual machine that is managed by ICIC will cause problems within ICIC if the VMRELOCATE command is issued from zVM itself. ICIC should be able to recover from these events on its own by issuing the QUERY USE...
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

Setting restriction for updating job status changes in TWS CP

Please enable the prompt confirmation in TWS panel (5.3) for changing the job status. Currently, there is no prompt confirmation for changing the job status via 5.3 -> M (an operation) -> 6 (General) -> Update status . Due to this, human ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

IPCONN & Transaction AutoInstall

We have a TOR/AOR configuration. In the AOR we have these parameters in order to not define the mirror transactions that use the application: DSRTPGM=ISSDYP00,DTRPGM=ISSDYP00,DTRTRAN=@MIR If we use an MRO connection and execute this command in the...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Automated backup of IDz workspace

Automate the backup of IDz workspace.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Add recommended data types to command documentation

When reviewing code, we try to teach the developers to use the right data type for the right purpose - use a binary index, don't do calculations with display numerics, etc. It would be very helpful if they didn't have to figure for themselves whic...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

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