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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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TESTing INGAMS refresh processing

It would be really helpful to have a way to TEST the INGAMS REFRESH processing without actually performing the policy refresh, after a policy build has been completed. It will help prevent surprises during change window when we perform the actual ...
9 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
8 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 1 Future consideration

Allow to correlate JVM SMF Data to a Job and Step to allow analyse SMF 121 in large Batch environments

We need a way to understand which JOB a SMF121 record belongs to, to understand what caused an abnormal behaviour. Therefore a SMF30COR field could be part of the SMF121 record, we would still need to understand what Jobstep is the SMF121 Record f...
8 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Rearrange ACTUAL START field from panel EQQSOP2L to panel EQQSOP1L

Currently in Workload Scheduler for Z, the panel 5.2, then option 2 (Operation List). In panel EQQSOP1L, there are Jobname, Status, Input Arrival, Deadline, Latest start and Crit path fields. When pressing F11 to panel EQQSOP2L, there are addition...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

GDPS Standard Options 3 doesn't show enough information

It would be useful to have more information in panel 3 of Gdps 'standard options' to show the size of Memory of all lpars including CF. We now use GDPS to activate/load lpars and we need to check if a new memory profile updated has been taken into...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

Filter option for displaying fields in the Test Case Editor

In the Test Case Editor, all fields defined in the program and/or in the Copybook are displayed. Both the referenced and the unused fields are presented, which leads to the fact that with a compatible extension of Copybooks (and thus to a multipli...
22 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

z/OS Connect doesn't have all standard OAUTH provider authentication methods implemented as per RFC 6749 and

z/OS Connect currently only supports either basic authentication or private key JWT authentication methods ( 2.3.1 . Client Password) in RFC 6749 while authenticating with OAUTH JWT providers to procure the JWT token and inject into the API call. ...
2 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Display what Transaction Group the Transaction Already exists when adding it to a different group.

When adding a transaction to a Workload Specification Group, that already exists. It displays the following: "Transactions cannot be in two Transactions Groups. Take from existing group(s)?" Is it possible for it to display what Workload Specifica...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Create a command/feature to execute KCPRLIM in all CICS regions (or CICS AORs) at same time.

Customer has 463 CICS and sometimes they need to change RESOURCE LIMIT (RLIM) related to some transactions. So, it is necessary to execute the KCPRLIM 463 times to change these resources for each transaction. If a new command/feature is created to...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 0 Future consideration

CPC Operations query - CBU records

It order to reduce the access to the HMC-SE, could be useful to have more information in panel 3 --> 1 --> R near related CPC (VPCPCOPR) of GDSPS like to show for each RecID the expiration date and time.
over 1 year ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

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