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IBM Z System Automation

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    Allow to use RACF as keystore database for E2E Automation

    The E2E Automation allows to have secured SSL-communication beetween the E2E-systems. Therefore you have to define some SSL-Keys. The configuration dialog within the feature allows to specify the name of the keystore inside the JAVA-Environment. T...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    SA ISPF Dialogue Build option to support directly duilding to GDG(+1)

    Hi SA Dev, In the SA ISPF dialogue 2 BUILD OPTION in the ‘Output Data Set' field:please provide support to allow user to specify the DSN(+1) for an existing GDG when building to an ACF. Customers can allocate a new DSN(+1) to an existing GDG using...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

    Object Type - CLASS in Monitor Resources panel

    It would be very useful to have an option to define Object Type - CLASS and use it when creating identical/similar monitor resources as it is with applications. Could you please update the Monitor Resources panel to have an option to choose Object...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    Do not invoke VPCEINIT during config refresh when no changes to UET have been done

    Automatically skip the invocation of GDPS initialization exit VPCEINIT during an SA config refresh when no changes to UETs have been done.
    over 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Not under consideration

    Digital - default range machine for enhanced signal producing device for water splitting

    Digital default machine-device for enhanced signal producing device with inbuilt provision in cars for water splitting feature supported by small size quantum battery with automatic on / off facility
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

    Logrec / EREP recovery process needs to be reworked

    System Automation provides a means to recover logrec via the following 4 message: IFB040I SYS1.LOGREC AREA IS FULL, hh.mm.ssIFB060E SYS1.LOGREC NEAR FULLIFB080E LOGREC DATA SET NEAR FULL, DSN=dsnameIFB081I LOGREC DATA SET IS FULL,hh.mm.ss, DSN=dsn...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

    Command execution available in IMS ABCODETRAN and ABCODEPROG minor resources

    If a transaction (or program) fails there is no way to trigger a command as an answer to the ABEND CODE minor resource fitering. So far only recovery INCLUDE or EXCLUDE as "Code" are allowed options to react. There should be also an option to exec...
    about 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Consistent and product provided (dialog) functionality to handle PDB and SOCNTL via GDG

    Currently there is no product provided solution to have a time consistent backup from PDB and SOCNTL. To have a GDG support for the SOCNTL the manual descibes a way to build and copy only the SOCNTL manualy. From our perspective this isn't a way t...
    about 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    INGDB2 CHECK_INDOUBT not smart enough

    INGDB2 CHECK_INDOUBT is checking INDOUBT Threads of DB2, but obviously the check are not going deep enough. We had an Indoubt Thread, which had already a status after an recover: ABORTED-H From Mainframe site there is nothing which can be done add...
    about 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    SMU - add RESET (Autodown) option in Rest API

    We would like to have a RESET option in the SA Rest API, as is in SMU. This RESET then resets an application to the correct state, as you do in SA with AUTODOWN.For example, if an application is STOPPED and you want it to return to the correct state.
    about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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