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SMP/E

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SMPE Management Plugin

It would be useful to add basic SMPE management functions into z/OSMF. Currently, when using Software Update, if there is a problem with the CSI you have to switch to the ISPF Plugin to enter the panel to make appropriate changes to the CSI (such ...
17 days ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

SMP/E Root CA certificate change request

Current IBM SMP/E Root certificate, DigiCert Global Root CA, is using weak SHA1 algorithm. We are working on replacing all certificates using SHA1 with much more secure SHA256. Many vendors already switched their SMP/E client certificates to use ...
2 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

Add Limited Support Date to z/OSMF Software Management Product Information File (PIF)

Currently, the support date range is described by the following two dates in the z/OSMF Software Management Product Information File: GADate (support begin date)EOSDate (support end date) Some ISVs have an additional support tier e.g.: Full suppor...
4 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Create Alias for all datasets when installing new z/OS

Hi Last time I installed z/OS 2.5 all datasets was defined with an Alias but not this time with install of z/OS 3.1. the answer I got from case TS014843200 was: Its working as designed. Data sets which can be referenced using the volume, like PDSe...
5 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

Display FMID for datasets being deployed in a server pack

When doing installation of a server pack with many hundred of dataset it's not easy to know what product the dataset belongs to. There for it would be very useful to display FMID & a description of the product in a column to make it easier to ...
5 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

Define Volumes as first step in z/OSMF Serverpac Deployment

It would be helpful to provide the capability in z/OSMF, as part of a Serverpac install, to add a step that defines and builds ICKDSF JCL to initialize volume names which will be used in the Deployment Checklist step, to assign datasets to a speci...
6 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Software management: Serverpac, et al. Configure Deployment should allow for BOTH a target volume, and Target Storage class, and add provision to code Dataclass

At my installation, we have SMS ACS routines for directing new OMVS datasets to certain StorClass/StorGroup, mainly for the automated allocation of user home ZFS containers.. This doesnt work for SYSRES contained OMVS datasets, so I must code STOR...
6 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Software Update app needs more granularity.

The Software Update app needs more granularity and options if it is ever going to be a viable alternative to the SMP/E ISPF panels. For example, the ability to select by sourceid, and the option to specify groupextend or bypass modid. Also, it wou...
9 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Backup/Restore During zOSMF Software Update

Scenario: A user would like to apply updates to their Software Instance in Software Update on z/OSMF. Current: Right now, you can perform a corrective install, recommended install, or functional install and the environment is updated with no backu...
9 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Provide REST API for Software Update Plugin

Please provide a REST API that will provide subset of functionality for performing automated updates.
10 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration