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Please make user created docker volumes available at /media/

Docker volumes I create sometimes need modifications while the docker container it is usually mounted to is down. In my situation, I am running Rocket Terminal Emulator in ZCX container. Rockets upgrade path, requires data manipulation in the moun...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Allow the order of variables in Workflow Editor to be rearranged

Variables defined in the Workflow Editor are arranged in order when they were created. The order is not particularly interesting per se. However, when exposing workflows to an external page. (By means, for example a portal), and want to dynamicall...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF generated FTP JCL includes plain text userid and password

When we are sending in documentation, z/OSMF uses FTP to transmit the data. z/OSMF builds the JCL and the userid/password is included in the JCL in clear text. Anyone can browse the job and find the userid/password. I would suggest that the userid...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

CELQPRLG to support creating MAIN routines

Currently only subroutines are supported, so one must use a high level language that supports creating LP(64) main routines, which in turn requires the language runtime for that language to be initialized, which may be undesirable for certain kind...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Management Remote Deploy Ports Specification

We need a possibility to specify a range of TCP/IP port numbers that z/OSMF can use for remote software deployment to communicate with other systems. If there is no such possibility various ports from the ephemeral port range are used and must be ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

bsearch library function for Metal C

Given the Metal C run-time library includes qsort, it should include bsearch
about 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

Prerequisite steps are ignored for a workflow step when single-clicking on a step and going to Perform tab

If a user right-clicks on a workflow step and selects Perform then the user is given a warning if prerequisite conditions have not been met (if the step is not Ready).However, if the customer single-clicks on a step and then goes to the Perform ta...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

It is not obvious how to automate workflow steps

I have observed that many people tend to single-click on a workflow step and then go to the Perform tab. They do not realize you can right-click on a step and, if eligible, be presented with a choice to automate this or other steps.There should be...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Duplicate sysout names in workflow step Status tab are difficult to associate with job steps

If a job submitted through a workflow step contains multiple job steps with the same sysout names, such as SYSPRINT, then the Status tab shows a SYSPRINT for every step but there is no identification as to which job step each SYSPRINT belongs to. ...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Saving a workflow step's JCL to a PDS member should use DISP=SHR

When a user attempts to save JCL from a workflow JCL step from the Submit panel OR the workflow step is simply setup to save data to a file, z/OSMF does not allocate the dataset with DISP=SHR. This means we cannot create a new member (or overwrite...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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