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z/OSMF

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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...
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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 ...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 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...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 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 ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 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...
11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

PKI client service within z/OS to access external PKI for certificate request/(auto)approval

PKI Services (z/OS2.5) supports the following EST functions:1. cacerts: requests the EST CA certificates (the whole chain of the issuers' certificates) using Simple PKI Request.2. simpleenroll: requests a certificate with supplied public key using...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Inclusion of error description and possible causes as a comment for excluded PTF's in z/OSMF APPLY/INSTALLTION job.

Adding error descriptions and possible causes as comments for excluded PTFs (Program Temporary Fixes) in a z/OSMF apply or installation job offers several significant advantages. Adding these comments transforms a mere exclusion into a valuable pi...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 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...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide more granularity for control access to different paths under /global/zosmf

There is a need to distinguish between zOSMF ADMIN GROUP (IZUADMIN) and the USS OWNER GROUP of z/OSMF's USER_DIR path. Users defined in the z/OSMF administrator's group (IZUADMIN) should NOT necessarily have access to all the USS directories under...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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