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    Update ZOVFS mkusr command with longer/complexer user-id/password and default directory

    With the current ZOVFS mkusr command we can add users with an 8 character alphanumeric user-id and password. A longer user-id (e.g. up to 25 characters) which can also contain special characters gives more flexibility for adding users, e.g. using ...
    4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    Increase the number of available Application Symbols (SUBSSYMBOLn/SUBPSYMBOLn), similar to System Automation Symbols (AOCCLONEx)

    Both simple and complex environments can be managed more easily through symbol substitution. With additional Application Symbols, a more tailored approach to automation management can be achieved, reducing administration efforts through reusable d...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

    Functional entry to update CTKI enterprise name and complex name fields

    CTKI contains two fields that are hard-coded that identify the system: IC0ENTR DC CL8' eee' ENTERPRISE NAME, RIGHT JUSTIFIED IC0COMP DC CL8'ccccc' TPF COMPLEX NAME Something like ZCTKI ALTER ENTR xxxx COMP yyyy Where one or both keyword options co...
    7 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

    Extend message "OLDR3024W name – GROUP NAME groupname IN LOADSET lsname DOES NOT EXIST – TPF DEFAULT IS USED FOR GROUP ID" with the name of the file

    I have a loadset with about 300 files and receive during the zoldr load the following warning message: OLDR3024W 00.42.50 CLDZ - GROUP NAME tpfdfl IN LOADSET Z77167 DOES NOT EXIST - TPF DEFAULT IS USED FOR GROUP ID^ It's hard to check all the comp...
    2 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

    Provide access to "PolicyDB Name" in Build Post-Processing EXIT INGEX02, similar to Build Pre-Processing EXIT INGEX10.

    Q. Why is it useful?A. Having access to the PDB name in the exit would allow additional actions to take place, based on BUILD return code, such as automatically creating a "point in time" backup of the Policy that just created the Automation Contr...
    5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Suppression of SDF Alerts to IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF Without Disabling SA Policy

    Currently, SDF alerts generated by IBM System Automation (SA) are automatically sent to the IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF destination. However, there is no native mechanism to suppress or redirect these alerts on a granular basis without disabling the entire SD...
    5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Extend the Application Class concept to other applicable resource types, such as Application Groups and Monitor Resources.

    Q. Why is it useful? A. Reduces time and effort fulfilling "customer" (e.g. Support and Operation staff) requests. Q. Who would benefit from it? A. Both automation administrators and their customers: Administrators benefit by quickly inheriting pr...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

    Store Up/Down Message in ASF and show in DISPINFO

    The message(s) that triggered ACTIVMSG, resp. TERMMSG, should be stored in the Automation Status File (ASF) along with the already available timestamp.This information should then also be shown by DISPINFO. This requirement has been discussed at E...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Add default preference value for Model 1 APG's on the application group info panel for user customization

    Add the default preference value on the application group info panel when a model 1 group is set, currently SA is stull supporting the values defined to the apg's. If a group was defined with a preference value prior to the removal in SA 4.2 it is...
    6 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Supporting Larger Screen Sizes / Logmodes for NetView / System Automation Panels e.g. INGLIST

    Hello NetView / SA Team, currently we are migrating from IBM AF/Operator to NetView SA at our side. And during this migration more and more inquiries are arriving that NetView only displays 62 rows at the most panels (e. g. INGLIST, DISPINFO, and ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

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