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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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Add 'UP' WTO message to NetView TSO Server

Having an 'UP' (initialization complete) WTO message should in theory ensure the NetView TSO Server application is fully functional. As a WTO, it would also provide for efficient automated monitoring. Using IEF403I tells one nothing other than the...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Provide Liberty level details of z/OS Connect address space – related to connection pool usage point

Require the ability to monitor the connection pools (session usage, free/in use/waiting) by individual connection name, in order to identify resource usage for problem determination and increase in traffic/usage. This will allow us to plan ahead i...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Enhance HASP050 Base error handling

Requesting enhancement to SA's base handling of the JES message HASP050 so as to accommodate resource types other than TGS. We want to make use of the SA facility to execute recovery commands when SPOOLSHORT conditions are encountered also for non...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

improve messages from DFH$MOLS job when they encounter "CONNECTOR NOT DEFINED" error.

It is not clear at all from current messages, when customers encounter the good old missing a dictionary record problem, when running the DFH$MOLS job. They get something like: X'019E' - CONNECTOR NOT DEFINED; REPORT IS TERMINATED The reason for t...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Graph generated using 'Program Control Flow' feature in ides to be exported as PDF

Using 'Program Control Flow' feature in iDz would be good to have a function that allows to export graph not only as svg or png, but also as PDF.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards.

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards. Currently, the columns for "Crypto Online" and "Crypto Installed" are part of the report but they display 0 even if the actual value is not 0...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Cannot create a COM folder on Windows

Windows do not create folders named COM1 to COM9: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-onedrive-for-business-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#invalidfilefoldernames https://answe...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

SA PROCOPS ICNTL command can be imporved update multiple variables in one command

Hello, We were trying to use SA to automate ooCoD(resillience offering) requested by bank customer, they need to update lpars' weights values, but found if we use SA,we need to issue 21 commands which cost 15 minutes to update the weights. My BCPi...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

FARF6 fixed file for traditional TPF databases

Most of our databases are zTPFDF. Our database growth is primarily FARF6. Our pools control records are FARF5. With each pool gen we must increase the various pools control records allocations, requiring additional UFT/FTI5 pairs. We are exhaustin...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

Getting z/OS Connect (API) extracts working with ADDI in offline mode

To allow z/OS Connect (API) extracts working with ADDI in offline mode, this removes the need to connect ADDI to z/OS directly (online). Sites that do not allow direct connection between ADDI and z/OS cannot use ADDI for API analysis (z/OS Connect...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Future consideration