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z/OSMF

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Permit into Sysplex Management z/OSMF plugins, to manage the Preferred List of multiple structure at once

We have to replace CF1 with the CF3 in our CFRM policy, using "Sysplex Management" we were able to add the new CF3 LPAR very quickly, then we moved to change the "Preferred List" to all the Structures defined, but discovered that it's not possible...
4 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

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...
10 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide options to cancel active user sessions

It would be beneficial to have options to cancel active user sessions in order to comply with an audit requirement. This would involve providing the following options: Enhancing the Usage Satatistics plugin by selecting a box beside a User ID, the...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Under review

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 ...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Under review

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...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

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 Often customers have trouble bringing up the server due to running an out of date version of Java but there is no clear message tha...
20 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

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

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 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

SMS attributes to govern how CSM should manage replicated data and SGC.

SMS managed data is organized by attributes defined in storage class, data class etc. However, there is no management of data at a global mirror target. SMS and CSM should coordinate such that replicated storage pools are backed up by safe guarded...
15 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

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