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z/OSMF

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    Notification over zOSMF to messenger APP

    We plan to send status messeges from z/OS to mobile devices to give a systems programmer opportunity to recive this messseges and react on unexpected situation. Apps can be tools like signal, telegram, iMessage, threema or SMS messaging.
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    zOSMF - Data Set and File Search enhancement for data type

    This new feature is very useful and handy to scroll through large members and files. However, when allocating a new file in USS it should be possible to provide the file format in which the file is allocated like UTF-8 or ASCII. Additionally the c...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Enhance z/OSMF Desktop Interface

    An enhanced user interface will benefit all users by reducing the effort needed to get around in the GUI. Hi, Currently, the z/OSMF Desktop Interface consists of an unstructured group of icons and a status line. When an icon is opened by a double ...
    over 3 years 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...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    [Sysplex Management] Allow to edit preflist of multiple structures at once in the CFRM Policy editor

    Currently, if you want to modify the preflist of multiple structures, you must select each structure individually, click "Edit", adjust the preflist order using the "Sort" buttons in the preflist section, and then save the changes. When dealing wi...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF SMF support

    Based on an already closed z/OSMF RFE request (RFE ID: 47399) in 2014 I want to re-open a similar request to ask for SMF support again.We are in need of a central logging feature for actually ALL z/OSMF activities (e.g. Login-Logout, invoking plug...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    have z/OSMF exploit shared libraries - todayit is just enabled

    The default for Java shared library support is to store the information in memory. This means the first time a Java program is started it loads the libraries, and saves the information in memory. The second time the Java program is started it can ...
    11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

    z/OSMF SCA: Improve handling of variables

    Remove current restrictions: - Allow for "." in variable values - this is useful to replace values e.g. for dataset names which may consist of one or more qualifiers - Replace the same variable name in any pattern, even if the the position / numbe...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    Workflow steps view: Additional column for a short user note

    A column for a short user note for each step would be helpful in the overview of all workflow steps. Today you have Step Notes but they are only visible when you open this step. Workflows with many steps could be much better processed by the user ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF store result into log file

    We had the situation that an ISV software trys to call an z/OSMF REST API (dataset service). The ISV product only returned HTTP 500. In the z/OSMF logs, also only the HTTP 500 was visible. The error that was seen within z/OS was: ICH408 for $LIBPA...
    11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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