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    Using INGVARS variables directly with commands

    With INGVARS it is possible to set resource specific variables within a automation plex but it isn't possible to use this variables directly with an system command.
    over 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    PROCOPS - store system IPL data in the product

    FI-TS uses PROCOPS to manage z/OS- and zLinux-systems on system z as well as GDPS on some systems. To IPL the non-GDPS z/OS Systems FI-TS uses own files holding the relevant data. This is cumbersome as necessary changes have to be done outside the...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

    support error message during startup

    Keep Status Messages (Halted, Breaking, Broken, Abending, Abended) of resources over UP-Message(s). Allow threshold processing to issue commands for INFR, FREQ, CRIT during Startup-process Simular to MTR-resources allow to issue commands if Thresh...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Provide capability to recover JES2 buffers other than TGS (SPOOL)

    Provide flexible code to support monitoring and recovery of JES2 buffers similar to TGS (SPOOL).
    over 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    INGQRY/AOCQRY was not available for MTR resources

    INGQRY/ING$QRY delivers attributes of an APL resource.No INGQRY/AOCQRY was available for MTR resources.
    over 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    SYSTEM AUTOMATION TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PARENT TASKS THAT START A CHILD TASK WITH THE SAME NAME

    There are applications should as WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) and Control-O, where the applications starts multiple secondary tasks with the same name, but different step name. This makes is difficult for automation to monitor and manage. Automa...
    over 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 5 Future consideration

    Policy build report improvements.

    We have a single policy database that contains Sandpit systems. We would like to perform a full build of the policy database, but to have the flexibility to exclude test systems as we're not interested in these. This would significantly improve ...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

    Alert on HALFDOWN

    By default, System Automation creates an alert (INGALERT) if an application goes into BROKEN, ZOMBIE or STOPPED (OS_PROBLEM). HALFDOWN is a status as bad as the others and requires intervention (compound=problem), but SA doesn't react the same way...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    System Automation possibility to switch the gateway monitoring ON/OFF

    During the planned IPL of one of the Lpars in our enterprise (18 Lpars), the gateways to/from this Lpar to all the other Lpars are disconnected (of course). This results in a red message on the gateway panel on all the other lpars.Especially when ...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    INGLKUP to expand EXLUDE functions to multiple fields not just jobname

    Currently INGLKUP uses UET INGLKUP EXCLUDE to compare against the D J,L command to see what jobs to exclude. Sometimes the standards are in the Step name or Procstep name and it would be nice if the exclude list was enhanced to allow the user to s...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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