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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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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

Enhance mvscmd and mvscmdauth to be able to work with Datasets allocated using SUBSYS Parameter

As part of our CI/CD Pipeline we want to copy load modules from one System of a SYSPLEX (our BUILD System) to another System on a foreign SYSPLEX (our Test System). In our “old” JCL based build system we do use JCL to call a Software called CSM (C...
almost 3 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Future consideration

JES2 shutdown updated to handle TCP/IP network servers

Currently, network servers are explicitly ignored during SA's JES2 shutdown and DRAINJES processing. This means customers have to code their own shutdown policy definitions. New entries should be made available for this in the Customization Dialog...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

EQQADMIN needs to be modifiable without RACF command

Currently EQQADMIN can only be put into effect via issuing of RACF commands such as RDEFINE EQQADMIN AUTOMAPPING APPLDATA(‘NO’/'YES')or RDEFINE EQQADMIN DWC_userID@Hostname APPLDATA(‘RACF_userID’). If the RACF class EQQADMIN is defined and enabled...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Display the dataset where the JCL/Script is acquired.

We currently have multiple source JCL/Script datasets that are linked to WAz. Scheduling is asked to refresh the copy of a JCL/Script in the CP so that it is brought in from a different dataset than normal.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Record Generator not generating DAA-compliant code

Record Generator 3.0.1 does not generate code that would take advantage of the Data Access Accelerator mechanism, even though DAA is true and available to the CobolDatatypeFactory, it generates BigDecimal members. A parameter to control the behavi...
over 4 years ago in Record Generator for Java 5 Future consideration

View paths to sources

The IP addresses of the machine, where the sources are stored, are currently visible to users, for example in reports (inventory), usages and in the Eclipse window "Properties" for projects or resources (programs, copy...). This information is not...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Expand the Variable usage filter with the content of the variable

Currently, only the variable name and / or the program can be specified as a criterion via the usage variable. The result set can be very extensive when querying variables across several AD projects and therefore the viewing for the user can also ...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Change default for KLSSDCF1-Delete Confirmation panel from delete to cancel.

People put a D by a session in the menu and if they just hit enter on the delete confirmation screen it deletes the session and marks it blocked. It would be nice if the default is changed to cancel then people have to make the choice to delete th...
almost 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 2 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