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z/OSMF

Provide a RACF Resource to Control z/OSMF App Center Visibility for Restricted Users

Hello, As part of CNP Assurances' migration to z/OS Version 3 Release 2 (z/OS 3.2) and the replacement of IBM Security zSecure Visual with the zSecure WebUI plugin, we identified a need for an enhancement related to the visibility of icons display...
11 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

z/OS WLM Policy advisor update

z/OSMF WLM Policy advisor is a handy tool to help analyze performance for the service classes of LPARs in a Sysplex. Its possible to select LPARs heatmaps and check their PIs through time, but there is only information about the LOCAL PIs. It woul...
2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Allow for uncataloged PDS members to be listed via the REST API

Users may have the same PDS in different volumes, most of which may not be in the catalog. In order for them to list members, it would be good to allow the z/OSMF REST API to accept a volser as a query parameter. Operation HTTP method and URI path...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

enhance Parmlib validation API to support symbols from dataset content.

This will be a common scenario where client will prepare their parmlib for other systems and would like to validate the parmlib before IPLing system with that parmlib. So, it's better user experience when symbols are involved to generate warning i...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Add REST API to automate “Retrieve End of Service Information” in z/OSMF Software Management

In the z/OSMF Software Management task, the General Availability (GA) and End of Support (EOS) values for installed products are only refreshed when a user manually invokes the “Retrieve End of Service Information…” action through the GUI. These v...
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Modifying other sysplex policies then CFRM

An administrative feature to modify ARM, LOGR, LOGRY, LOGRZ and SFM policies similar to the currently existing CFRM Administrative Policies feature in the Sysplex Management plug-in of z/OSMF.
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

WLM: REST-API Support for z/OSMF Workload Management task

In our environment, WLM Report Classes are essential for our accounting and chargeback management. However, it is currently not possible to automatically create, modify, delete, or even read Report Classes and Classification Rules when application...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Enable dynamic certificate selection in z/OSMF (Liberty) without requiring a static KeyAlias in server_override.xml

z/OSMF with Zowe and JWTs requires a fixed KeyAlias in server_override.xml. In many environments, certificate labels change with each renewal due to internal PKI policies. This forces administrators to manually update the KeyAlias after each certi...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Make File template content non editable during perform step time in a zosmf workflow

In Production environments we would like the JCL content to be non-editable during step perform time in a zosmf workflow. This would help us enforce controls on the JCL content not being altered in a Production environment
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Extend the z/OSMF Parmlib Syntax Validation REST API with an additional parameter to specify the z/OS release of the selected Parmlib.

This feature is needed to successfully check Parmlibs of older z/OS versions. Some Parmlib parameters are z/OS release specific and would fail a syntax check of another release. This property should be taken into account by the REST interface. You...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

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