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IBM Z System Automation

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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
12 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

require system specific connections for Monitor or IPL Completion

The SA dialogues allow you to specify Monitor for IPL Complete. This is an all or nothing setting for wherever the resource is connected to. Looking for a mechanism to either specify which system this monitoring is for or an documented externalize...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

SQL Language Support for Internal RDS Tables

Enhance Systems Automation(SAzOS) to allow Sequential Query Language(SQL) against internal table data. Enabling the use of the powerful SQL language would provide at least these benefits:• A universally recognized language to access table data.• S...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

SA generated MRT needs to be consistent with auto-generated trap behaviour

Under OTHERMSG SA should use the EXIT statement by default so trap behaviour is the same as a default UPON MSGID(...). Example of an UPON MSGID...UPON( MSGID = 'IEFC166D' ) REVISE('Y' AUTOMATE)When there is a hit on this message, there is no addit...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow to assign one operator to an APL and/or MTR

Some resources are highly mission critical. Actions against those resource have been immediatly be processed.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Special Report Option for Overrides needed

Hello IBM,we need a additional Policy Database report, to find and identify our used AT OVERRIDES in the PolicyDB on a easy way. For migrations and optimization measures of our PolicyDB, we use currently the "Full Policy Database Report" to find a...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Panel INGKYRQ3 does not show all attributes of the vote

When viewing the details of the Vote on panel INGKYRQ3 it does not show all the information provided by the requestor. Such as the a) Timeout overridesb) Precheck overridesc) Interrupt overrides These values are provide from panel INGKYRU2 from th...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Let server group shutdown during sysplex shutdown

During sysplex shutdown, automation server groups are not able to properly shutdown due to backup systems being unavailable. Server group desires backup system to be available in order to move last APL, however other systems are shutdown. System a...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Generated MRT is unexpectedly modified when making an update via AO.

When there is a Generated MRT and AT, if later, a change is made to the AT via AO (AT override) the MRT unexpectedly changes preventing the message deom being trapped on in the MRT. Similar changes when managing the MRT/AT will notify the user tha...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

SA AMs to Support Agents in Multiple Timezones

Enhance SAz/OS to allow the agents running under an AM to run in different local timezones. Currently, if an AM does a failover/takeover to an SAM running in a different timezone, SVPs and other time-related elements could be adversely affected. W...
over 11 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 5 Future consideration

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