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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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Enable File manager in IDZ to work with MFA enabled

IDZ is unable to use file manager to copy files between sysplex /lpars when MFA is enabled. See Sev2 Case TS016140826 for additional info.
5 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Create a new compiler option, SSCHECK, to validate the value of subscripts used in table references

The compiler is able to catch the situation where a subscript for a table reference is hard-coded as zero. For example: 000037 DISPLAY "W-VALEUR-O2(0 J) = <" W-VALEUR-O2(0 J) '>'results in this compiler error:37 IGYPS2017-E "0" was found as ...
9 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

IMS Asynchronous Lock Duplexing

With DB2 12, we can activate the Asynchronous Lock Duplexing. We need the same functionality for IMS.
about 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Control asyncRequestTimeout on API or Service level

Currently it is only possible to set the asyncRequestTimeout parameter on a server level within the zosconnect_zosConnectManager element. We keep the value for this default rather low to have some protection against misbehaving programs. For most...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Support of INGREQ Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE

In System Automation three different Types are supported by INGREQ to stop a system or application (NORM,IMMED,FORCE). GDPS only supports TYPE=NORM by default. We would like to get a parameter where we can specify Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE each time w...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 10 Not under consideration

The ability to call an OSGI Java Program from z/OS Connect

it would be great to be able to make a API using OSGI through CICS instead of having to set up a middle man PL/I or COBOL program to make this call. There are a lot of use cases, PassTickets being one of them, that work better in Java but in order...
5 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

ODBM must be downward compatible between code and release levels

Our customers use ODBM which is a common service layer component servicing multiple IMS target systems. Currently if one of the target IMS systems is migrated to a new release and ODBM is not at that point migrated we lose access to the IMS system...
about 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Not under consideration

scheduled task to send a report with a list of all Storage Groups and the Percent Used Space for them

scheduled task to send a report with a list of all Storage Groups and the Percent Used Space for them - I need list of all Storage groups send to Email with % free space as per schudele
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Syncron processing of user-defined Workstations (EQQUX0099

User-defined workstations are currently processed asynchronously. The workstation analyzer identifies the operation to be submitted and performs these actions: 1.queues, asynchronously, a submit request to the Data Router task 2.updates the curren...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Reduce devices mandated in SS0

The physical airgap GDPS LCP solution with Test Copy Manager in an MGM 4-Site environment requires defining devices RS2, RS4, RS5, and RS6 to the LCP/Test Copy Manager K-SYS. This is not practical for large environments due to the device limit in ...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 5 Not under consideration