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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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Enhance CMAS and ESSS maintenance level checks

Enhance the CMAS and ESSS maintenance level checks to not be limited to checking only when ESSS is not already running. This would provide a sanity check with applying maintenance that requires ESSS to be terminated and restarted.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Make z/OS Connect policy support more flexible

z/OS Connect policy support currently is very limited. All rules are based on conditions on HTTP headers. The configuration parameter values which overwrite the original ones in the service archive can only be fix values or values containing the v...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

JSON PARSE error handling improvements

JSON PARSE error handling improvements - Expose messages and tokens to application code. It would be helpful if application logic can determine which PARSE messages to display or suppress. Also, message tokens can be useful in error handling in...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Please FP Tools support reloading SDEP segments without changing their RBA when the DBD is changed.

Appl needs to keep RBA position on DEDB SDEP even they change DBD structure.
4 months ago in IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS / Fast Path Basic Utilities 1 Planned for future release

GDPS - DASD Config to Allow FC Sessions

Hello IBM,In case TS003773513 we were testing the GDPS Metro 4.1 Preserve Mirror Tool and came across a problem which we had never seen with GDPS/PPRC 3.14 and its version of the PMT. The IBM case above stated that with 4.1 the PMT (which is now i...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

Enable DISP=MOD usage identification

When DISP=MOD is coded in JCL whether the dataset exists or not determins if DISP=MOD may actual be treated as DISP=NEW. AAM should be able to detect when DISP=MOD is being treated as DISP=NEW and take appropriate action.
over 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Single Sign on with RTC and IDz

We use Rational Team Concert and IBM Developer for z.Users must logon in both Systems. Passwort in IDz cannot be stored because of security.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Sessions survive abnormal end of a SuperSession region in a Generic Resource

We have two regions of Supersession running in parallel connected via Generic Resource.In case one region comes down, we would like that the users are able to log on to the other region and are able to logon to their saved sessions again.Currently...
almost 3 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Use of generic character in SET TRANSID for CBAC

We are planning the migration from CA DADS to CICS Batch Application Control and faced the need to convert CICS commands like “CEMT SET TRANSID(XX*),ENABLESTATUS(DISABLED)" allowed in DADS,too, as CBAC command using “SET TRANSID”, that is the only...
almost 4 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Other 2 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