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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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Possibility to collapse/expand EVALUATE/IF/PERFORM statements for COBOL source

For the COBOL editor, today it is possible to expand or collapse a division, section or paragraph using the plus/minus icon in the left margin next to the division or section name. We would like to have the same functionality for EVALUATE, PERFORM...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

rightsizing OLDS BUFNO when BUFSTOR=64

IMS V12 introduced BUFSTOR=64 with following value propositions:reduced ECSA consumptionreduced CPU consumption due to less TLB misses in DAT .Currently the way to that goals is paved with some obstacles.APAR PM50656 disabled the feature 'round up...
about 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Future consideration

IMS ORF to fix Pointer Errors with Multi Databases that are Logically Related.

Regarding the use of IMS ORF. While The 3 databases were having Pointer errors, The ORF completed the reorganization of the 3 logically related databases. CC=0000. Prefixes were resolved and updated. However, After ORF ran successfully, the Pointe...
5 months ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Support for type when syncronizing configuration members

When using ADDI ADDI syncronization feature its possible to add Configuration/IMST_PGM as Virtual Folder/Type but when it's added to build client it's always added with default type CSD. This means that every member added thru syncronization featu...
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Zookeeper ACL is requested for security reasons

Security scans have discovered that the ADDI-Server has a securtity vulnerabilty: Apache Zookeeper Common/Default Nodes Accessible Without ACL port 2181/tcp. Apache ZooKeeper is essentially a centralized service for distributed systems to a hierar...
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboard login with smartcard/client certificate(CAC)

Hi,Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence version 6.1.3 introduced authentication possibility in Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboards. But it's implemented today through ldap userid/pw. Passwords are not recommended way fo...
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Store Copy Book Comments with IMS Catalog import

When importing PL/I structures, we need to be able to preserve the Comments. Ideally with the import process. The comments should be stored with the metadata in the IMS Catalog and recreated with a future DCLGEN utility for the IMS Catalog.
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

File system logger on Api Requesters

Actually file system logger interceptor are available only for ApiProviders and Services. Is it possible to add this function for ApiRequesters ?.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Future consideration

Add environment variable or equivalent, dummy DD (?), such that a PLIDUMP call can check the existence of the envvar and call Fault Analyzer as part of its processing.

In much earlier versions of Fault Analyzer a zap was provided to the PLIDUMP code such that IDISNAP (Fault Analyzers dynamic call interface) could be invoked as part of a PLIDUMP call, without having to modify the application code. This is no long...
over 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

IMS TM Resource Adapter support on Spring Boot

We have several Java applications needing to invoke IMS transactions running on Cloud Native Platform (Pivotal Cloud Foundry). It would be beneficial if support was added for Spring Boot functionality for deployment of the resource adapter TMRA.
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration