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z/OSMF REST API steps should allow multiple return codes as "expected"

zOSMF workflows will not be 100% complete when there is a Failed step. A workflow becoming "complete" is very important when using callable workflows. Values generated for instance variables in the called workflow will not be updated in the callin...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide method to determine how many drawers are installed in a z16 CEC. (Or future CECs)

We use BCPii interfaces to create dashboard concerning our CEC environments. It would be nice to have all data concerning a CEC be accessible. In particular we would like to be able to tell how many drawers are in a CEC. (MAXxx type info).
about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Future consideration

LE Load Notification User exit : Add RMODE indicator values to CEEFLG in CEELNUE csect

In the LE Load Notification User exit it would be very valuable to identify the RMODE of the program which caused the exit to be accessed. 24-bit and even 31-bit storage can be exhausted in environments with many architectural modules for IMS appl...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF: Add ability to restore an archived workflow

It would be nice to be able to restore an archived workflow.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Operator Command for refreshing keyrings used by AT-TLS

We have over 200 certificates that we use in our different environments every day with AT-TLS. Since we require to update these certificates once a year. To keep from taking an outage we have to go into z/OSMF and update the key ring instance then...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Allow the number of JES2 NODES to be reduced without a cold start

We have a number of JES2 environments which have evolved over time. Decades ago, someone decided that it would be useful to define the NODENUM on the NJEDEF init parm as 9999, meaning we now have many systems defined with 9999 possible nodes. We a...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Provide a way for applications to authenticate through an HTTP/HTTPS proxy within zOSMF

In order to use a one of two functions within zOSMF which need internet access, our network is configured to pass through a filtering proxy service. This service both tracks pages we access and validates that we are allowed to access the page we'r...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add option to include top 3 lines in the SDSF SNAPSHOT

SDSF SNAPSHOT/SNAP command is useful when issues and IBM asks for a list of the running jobs, but every time we send a SNAP to them, they ask if we have the top 3 lines of the display (title line, command line, and Display options line). Having an...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Allow zFS Salvager to Check ACLs while File System is Mounted

There is an undocumented option of the salvager: CHECK_ACL_CONSISTENCY=ON to check and repair a file system with ACL problems.This feature should be documented and at least the check for problems should be possible for a mounted file system.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Ignore invalid entries in the AUTOMOUNT policy and activate the policy with valid entries.

We've had a directory in our automount policy that did not actually exist for some time and it has not had any ill effects from IPL to IPL of lpars in the sysplex. This past weekend we had a sysplex outage and the unallocated directory prevented t...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration