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Extend the z/OSMF Parmlib Syntax Validation REST API with an additional parameter to specify the z/OS release of the selected Parmlib.

This feature is needed to successfully check Parmlibs of older z/OS versions. Some Parmlib parameters are z/OS release specific and would fail a syntax check of another release. This property should be taken into account by the REST interface. You...
9 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Writing & reading several records to/from a data set w/ multi-byte encoding causes TSO servlet timeout

Using the z/OSMF ReST API, writing 810 or more records to a data set with a multi-byte encoding (such as IBM-937) causes the request to timeout after the given response timeout has elapsed. Create a physical, sequential data set NEW.DATASET with...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Reinstate Import Policy feature in Network Configuration Assistant

When onboarding clients this feature provides the ability to convert them flat files to NCA in a timely and efficient manner with minimum error opportunities. In the past I have used it to import the running configurations from the Stack, so I hav...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

allow provide separate TTLSGroupAction for each rule while generating TLS policy using Network Configuration Assistant

Automatically generate unique TTLSGroupActionRef values per AT-TLS rule.Or allow users to enable this behavior via a configuration toggle or policy setting.This option would:Improve diagnostic granularity in NETSTAT TTLS and related tooling.Suppor...
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted