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Workspace z/OS
Categories SMP/E
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 23, 2023

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Provide REST API for Software Update Plugin

Please provide a REST API that will provide subset of functionality for performing automated updates.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Oct 28, 2025
    New function to provide a set of REST APIs is added to z/OS 3.2 and with PTF UO04784 for z/OS 3.1. The new REST APIs allow you to do the following:

    1. Start a software update process to install specified software updates on a selected software instance and target zone.
    2. Retrieve the status of a software update process in progress, and get the history of past software update processes on a software instance.
    3. Resume a software update process on a software instance that has been suspended, such as for resolving SYSTEM HOLDs.
    4. Cancel a software update on a software instance that has not yet completed.
    5. Copy the saved output for a software update process to a user specified UNIX directory.

    You can read more about these new APIs here:
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=services-start-software-update-process
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