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z/OSMF

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    z/OSMF Files API - Fully Support Migrated / Archived z/OS Data Sets

    z/OSMF appears to detect migrated / archived z/OS data sets by the pseudo VOLSER name of `MIGRAT`. However, ISV products, like CADISK, may be configured to archive data sets on a VOLSER of 'ARCIVE`. z/OSMF should detect ARCIVE data sets as being m...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 4 Future consideration

    ZOSMF recursive workflow

    Requesting to add feature for recursively calling workflow steps.
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF Enforce Default save location for all workflows

    There is no possibility to define or enforce a default save location for all users. Each User can save a workflow to any location where he/she was write access to. As this can produce a complete mess and no one have an overview about all workflows...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

    Display logging options in use for z/OSMF

    With the 'F zosmfserver, D IZU' command only the logging options are displayed which z/OSMF has read from PARMLIB\ at startup.We need a way to display what logging options are effectively in actual use.
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF Workflows. Straight the skew of archived workflows

    The way of working with archived workflows should be refactored. If a user archives a workflows it is dependent on that user if it will be cleaned up or stays there forever. If the underlaying zFS runs full it is very hard for a system administrat...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    No ISPF stats during LOAD creation with zosmf APIs.

    I need to transfert Load (binary) member from a system to another using zosmf API. Getting the load is not a problem but transfering the load using the zOSmf APIs, the created members do not have ISPF statistics. Here is an example of logs: 2025-0...
    3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Job Holded/Released statuses in z/OSMF REST services

    Job response document contains only 3 statuses "INPUT", "ACTIVE", "OUTPUT" now. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=zjri-json-document-specifications-zos-jobs-rest-interface-requests But we can also hold a job and job will be waiting for r...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF workflows and NCA to resolve system symbols

    Currently z/OSMF does not resolve system symbols for tasks such as workflows and network configuration assistant, despite having the capability as described in the APAR PH41196. It would be very important that these features automatically resolve ...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    Dark mode for z/OSMF apps

    Dark mode should be implemented in the z/OSMF apps, such as software management
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Provide multi-step indications in zOSMF Workflows regarding which system a workflow will actually be executed on

    In order to prevent errors and provide better indication to users about the actual system on which a workflow will execute (as it may be different from source system), please consider the following: - Display the SYSAFF value already in the JOBCAR...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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