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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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CDPz messaging modification to support data consumption by monitoring products.

Create message event separator for monitoring software (ie. Splunk) consumption. This will benefit all users in managing data collection with simplifying consumption protocols for monitoring tooling, providing target for each event message. Add re...
4 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Comparison, to show volumes not included

Kyndryl for Poste Italiane would like to set up an alert system to detect existing volumes that are not part of SMS copy pools. Due to configuration errors, they had a major production outage in April. Since it's not something that OMEGAMON for St...
4 months ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 0 Needs more information

Provide WTO Capability

This may be similar to https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOAU-I-15 in that the desire is to write to an operator console. To expand on this idea, I would like to have a reply option that will block the caller until a reply is issue...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

GDPS ReIpl with Activate

New funktion in GDPS standard action.ReIpl with activate.
about 9 years ago in GDPS 9 Not under consideration

Using specific CICS Channel Name

In the z/OS Connect OpenAPI3 Designer, "JSONCHANNEL" is always used as a CICS channel name and there is currently no way to change CICS channel name when we invoke CICS Channel program via z/OS Connect. It means if customer has CICS Channel progra...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

MainView Support for Instana on Z

My client is using MainView for resource monitoring in their IBM Z systems, instead of Omegamon. Lack of integration between MainView and Instana on Z is blocker of deploy for Instana on Z at Halkbank.
8 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Not under consideration

Canzlog should stick to current find standards

CANZLOG find has introduced a separate means of doing a RepeatFind Called REVFIND. This is different then all other means of repeat find via browse. Canzlog should utilize existing standards for repeat find.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

TCSACTN=FORCE terminates hung LU6.2 VTAM connections even if CNOS close processing has not completed

As it stands right now during a shutdown hang, TCSACTN=FORCE will not close down LU6.2 parallel connections until after CNOS close processing has completed. Once a region begins to shutdown and gets to the process of terminating of VTAM sessions, ...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

make program EYU9XSTR Threadsafe,

We are trying to reduce Threadsafe TCB swapping; we are QR TCB constrained. In trace I notice that EYU9XSTR causes a TCB SWAP L8 to QR; see trace below, I notice an old RFE from Circa '18 to have this done; was not considered at that time; I'd lik...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Automatically transfer property files to USS

Currently it is necessary to transfer the configuration manually (either by building them or by using the Configure User Build dialog). We would like to have a way to e.g. specify property files that are always to be transferred or that DBB automa...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Future consideration