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IBM Z Batch Resiliency

Add Dual Control Support to iZBR

IBM Z Backup Resiliency (IZBR) currently provides the ability to specify a single ID for SGC access to LCP. Many environments will use LCP dual control, which requires two IDs. The current IZBR configuration does not provide a mechanism to configu...
12 days ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Submitted

Enable iZBR to Support Multiple SGC Repositories

Enhance iZBR to support multiple SGC backup repositories in the 3D Katalog. SGC virtual isolation environments are not limited to a single SGC backup repository but iZBR currently only allows for connection to a single repository. For environments...
12 days ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Submitted

Enable iZBR to Support Multiple SGC Repositories

Enhance iZBR to support multiple SGC backup repositories in the 3D Katalog. SGC virtual isolation environments are not limited to a single SGC backup repository but iZBR currently only allows for connection to a single repository. For environments...
12 days ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Submitted

Near real time backup of datasets moved by file transfert or other STCs

In mainframe production we have batchs that receive and send datasets all the day that need to have a backup done when received or just when sended in case of batch failure, human errrors or other problems that can occurs. Today iZBR allow to run ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Planned for future release

Recovery of datasets by mask and date/time windows in the past in case of massive recovery

In case we have a massive data corruption or data lost we will have to recover the DB2 in the past and resync the batch datasets to be able to resync and restart the batch At this time we dont find a function in iZBR that allow to do that in one o...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Planned for future release

Add CHMOD step to jcl from "6.9. Configure the Web API Server" and "7.1. Configure the z/OSMF Plugin"

When importing the plugin, the zosmf stc user needs write/execute permission on /global/izbr/api/plugin/app to create the symbolic link from /global/zosmf/zoswfx1/data/externalapps/izbr-ui. When running jcl from "6.9. Configure the Web API Server"...
12 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Planned for future release

Add JWT option to Step 6.4. Configure SSO with z/OSMF for Web API setup

This step requires to input the zosmf LTPA keys file name. IZBR/ZOSMF also supports use of JWT, but the workflow only supports use of LTPA.In "review instructions" panel that follows, it does mention "If z/OSMF is configured to use some other auth...
12 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Needs more information

Filter possibility on the zosmf plugin Resiliency Dashboard

This dashboard is very usefull for DEVOPS personnel, in our case handling banking applications. A devops person can add a widget to it's dashboard. For Db2 tables there is a possibility to filter on Db2 subsystem name. The user now sees the statis...
12 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency Planned for future release

USERMAC needs to be able to be part of a deployable software stack

Requirement: All configuration files need to be under version control. Software is not to be configured locally on a sysplex in our shop, but implemented by distributing a (subset of a) software stack through a secured pipeline from a SMPE sysplex...
12 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency

IZBR WEB API server STC should support APPTABLE being outside of usermac

The webapi server needs the APPTABLE. It only supports it being in the usermac through DD USERMAC//USERMAC DD DSN=SYSTEM.IZBR.USERMAC and will look for member APPTABLE here. Due to version control of the software components we cannot write APPTABL...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency