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    Integration z/OSMF – System Automation: Registered provisioned instances to System Automation

    We are currently making the first steps in automating the provisioning of z/OS middleware such as Broker, MQ, CICS, DB2. As part of the provisioning we would like to be able to register provisioned middleware instances (started tasks, subsystems) ...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    JOB LOG MONITORING SUPPORT FOR USING WILCARD (*) IN ANY MESSAGE STRING

    Job log monitoring code supports the use of a wildcard (*) as part of the filter criteria. Job log monitoring however only allows this to be used as the beginning of a search string. Example of supported definition: DUMMY :JLM_OFFSET=0JLM_DDNAME=S...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Provide simulator that shows what actions SA would perform during an shutdown and IPL

    Provide simulator that shows what actions SA would perform during an IPL and shutdown, e.g. the sequence of the shutdown and start-up commands based on the defined relationships.
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    Customer is issuing INGIMS with a transaction as the command and getting DFS165 hh:mm:ss COMMAND VERB IS INVALID

    INGIMS apparently passes IMS commands using this Multiple Console Support (MCS) which we had enabled by defining the IMS parameter CMDMCS=Y (the default was N). Basically INGIMS will simply prefix whatever has been specified with the IMSsubid and ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Not under consideration

    Job Log Monitoring Multi-line message support

    The job log monitoring feature (INGJLM) currently supports only single line messages, meaning that only the first line of a mult-line message will be returned. All lines of a multi-line message should be returned as they are part of the same message.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Add the support for DBCS on SMU

    Our customer is using System Automation SDF(NetView NCCF) to display the important message which includes DBCS characters.Messages in DBCS are required to display on SMU monitoring panel after migrating SDF to Service Management Unite.
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Ability to Suspend a Timer Across IPLs

    It would be appreciated if we can have ability to suspend a timer and keep that timer suspended across IPLs.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 CONTROL Parm Values

    Please enable Class Inheritance for the DB2 Control Parm values. Presently the Class Inheritance for the defined DB2 Control parms are not working as documented. Please refer to IBM's Defining Automation Policy manual starting on page 12 under the...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    INGALERT should default to use MVSESA if the jobname is not known to System Automation

    If INGALERT code is called from the Message Automation Table, if not specified, the jobname is taken from the message's job name field. If the jobname is not known to System Automation, no alert is generated and the following message is issued: IN...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

    Prevent Duplicate TIMER's

    Currently if an Operator is modified in the Policy Database for a TIMER, and a new ACF is refreshed into SA it causes a duplication in TIMER's: one for the previously defined Operator and one for the newly defined Operator. Create SA functionality...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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