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z/OSMF

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z/OSMF REST TSO API.

We use the command "zowe zos-tso issue command "exec somerexx"" extensively, to reuse some of our existing REXX on Z. This causes problems sometimes, when a legacy REXX calls another legacy REXX that calls another ..., and somewhere a panel pops u...
9 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Would like z/OSMF Deploy to create the USS directories and mount the zFS files for the SMP/E target datasets defined in the DDDEF's.

In the past when you order IBM software the old ServerPac service would prompt you for the USS path and the zFS files. z/OSMF does this also. Then as one of the last stepsthe product would run a job to create the USS directories and would also mou...
27 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF - Dataset and File Search - Favorites for search strings

Currently you can only add favorites for files using the "Send to Desktop" option from the 3 dots next to a file, but not a favorite for the search that brought up a group of files. For example, There are 6 libraries for a product that you manage ...
10 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Support X-IBM-Dsname-Encoding header when listing data sets and data set members

Some mainframe developers may use a different encoding when entering the name for a new data set or data set member. However, it seems that z/OSMF converts these names behind the scenes to use the IBM-1047 encoding, so characters in the name are c...
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Issue a joblog error/warning message when the Java level is below the zOSMF requirement

The documentation for each zOSMF version notes the Java level prerequisite requirement for latest version of zOSMF. Often customers have trouble bringing up the server due to running an out of date version of Java but there is no clear message tha...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Delete AboutPage.jsp link from Welcome Page on z/OSMF

This AboutPage is a huge security problem because a guest can see a lot of informations that he don't have to know
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide an operator command to display active z/OSMF Users

Currently the systems programmer and operator can display all active jobs, tso users, and shell (sshd) users, but they are unable to display the z/OSMF users. This information is helpful when planning to shutdown a system for a planned (or unplann...
10 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF REST API for spawning UNIX shells, executing commands

Users of z/OS UNIX who are already leveraging z/OSMF REST APIs currently have two options when trying to remotely interface with z/OS UNIX: Avoid z/OSMF entirely and use SSH. This has a number of downsides, including re-authentication concerns, in...
7 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Increase / disable the size limit of 100 MB for uploading files from our workstation.

Some vendors don´t have the option to sFTP files direct from their servers to mainframe environment. SMEs needs to download required data (from vendor web site) in their workstation and upload it using WINscp or any other vendor tool (license cost...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Cleanup user specific settings from z/OSMF filesystem

User specific settings are being stored in multiple places in the z/OSMF filesystem. Users come and go, and when a userid is removed from a z/OS system, his/her user specific settings remain in the z/OSMF filesystem on this system. Over time this ...
9 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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