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z/OS Provisioning Toolkit

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Zospt provide the ability to maintain/manage existing systems

Zospt could extract the properties from the existing CICS or other systems and maintain this into a template or property file so that it could easily maintain the current system in case it been destroyed by exception.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

Make DFH_STC_ID in Image overriddable

To have only one template and not multiples each stage it should be possible to override the DFH_STC_ID value in an image.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / Workflow 1 Not under consideration

CICS provisioning workflow - VSAM dataset definitions

In the CICS provisioning workflow, the USS zfs definition uses DATACLAS while the definition for the CSD uses volume and unit.Both are VSAM. It would like to be able to use any SMS class or none by using a volume and unit for either dataset.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

Provisioned CICS JOBNAME and APPLID

There should be a separation between the APPLID and the started task JOBNAME.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 2 Not under consideration

z/OS PT Standalone CPSM Training Environments

We would like the ability to provision standalone CPSM environments (ie: WUI, CMAS, DREP, etc.) for internal CPSM Training
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration

Provision DB2 with zOSPT

Support provisioning of a DB2 subsystem using zOSPT, similar to the way a CICS subsystem can be provisioned now.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 0 Future consideration