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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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z/OSMF Software Management Remote Deploy without Specification of Storage Class or Volume

When we use z/OSMF remote software deployment we have to specify storage classes for the source and target systems. We have a lot of target systems with a lot of storage classes and would like to let the ACS routines select the proper storage clas...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

REST API for registration of portable package in z/OSMF

I have a portable package available in USS and I would like to register this package via API in z/OSMF.I want to eliminate all UI interaction with z/OSMF to be able to automate provisioning of CA Products.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

PTF CHECKSUM TO VERIFY INTEGRITY

A shipped PTF should contain an MD5 checksum, or signature which SMPE can verify to insure that the PTF content has not been altered. The customer should have the option of a BYPASS if the alteration is deliberate and justified.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 3 Delivered