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IBM Z Software Asset Management

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New REST API endpoint for searching by load module

Would is be possible to add a REST endpoint to query repository by Load module? Similar to "Search modules" dialog in Web interface http://rsp3.rocketsoftware.com:9000/disc/search_modules?repository=REPHLQ1&outfmt=web&outlim=3&module=K...
10 days ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Under review

Allow scan of only migrated datasets

For audit purpose it sometimes become neccesary to scan also for migrated datasets. There is an option available to do so when using CATALOG keyword. But using CATALOG keyword only scans on datasets which are connected via standard catalog search ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Under review

Identification of IZSAM instance (lpar name, DB2 subsys) in banner in online interface

When working with more IZSAM installations in parallel it becomes difficult to distinguish between different open sessions. So it would be very helpful when in banner of each GUI window there would be shown e.g. lparname and db2 subsystem connecte...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Under review

In the iZSAM GUI under the ASSETS tab using the "Product Use By Month" report screen, add an option called "Include Uninstalled/Deleted Software" with a check box. If that check box is checked, exclude the AND PI.UNINSTALL_DATE IS NULL AND P.FOBSERVEDELETED IS NULL AND S.FOBSERVEDELETED IS NULL from the where clause so that deleted history will be included in the resulting report.

This would be useful to allow the customer to see history of product usage following the deletion of the product loadlibs followed by an IQ Scan and IQ Import. Without this, the customer has to build and execute special SQL without these where cla...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Under review

Define Product Suite Exclusions should be at the SYSPLEX level, not Repository level

Currently, when a suite/bundle is enabled/excluded, it impacts every system that is stored in that repository. So if a Repository holds the data for a zCloud or shared infrastructure, this will impact every system held there. We have multiple zClo...
10 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Future consideration

Provide option to apply GKB updates outside of SMP/E if that is the customer preference

Previously, monthly GKB updates were provided by a file which could be uploaded to reflect updated/changed products. However this was recently changed to enforce the use of SMP/E to apply GKB updates. This does not work in our shop for the followi...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Future consideration

Add the support for UNIX Product Suites

It's useful because the Customer have some software with USS component and the Product don't perform correctly all the components
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Add field to TLOGIQ and TLOGUI with the APAR level of the TADz/IZSAM scan agent used to create scan file

Every month we receive many thousands of IZSAM scan files from client systems around the world. Often we receive queries as to why their QMF has not been correctly identified, or other issues that have already been resolved by the developers. In m...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Discovery Products Use By Month - option to download all the usage data from all systems combined

One of the #1 things I use the product for is the Discovered Product Use by Moth. In here, after drilling down from LPAR>LIBRARY, I get the most granular data usage, going down to the jobname/userid/date/library, etc. 99% of the time, this is t...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Functionality already exists

The HSIJANLO needs to be able to use AT-TLS

We need a way to remove the weak handshake ciphers from the server side.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 3 Planned for future release

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