IBM z/OSMF Community Blog

New z/OSMF Desktop enhancements

By Fiona King posted Tue January 07, 2025
To help enable users to be more efficient when working with data sets and jobs, the following enhancements have been added to the z/OSMF Desktop: In the Data set and File Search tool, the informational ...

How could a future z/OS help you be more successful at your job?

By Tim Reiser posted Wed December 11, 2024
The next generation of IT professionals expects a next-generation z/OS experience. H elp us understand the most important goals and objectives in your daily work as a system programmer. Your feedback ...

How to use z/OSMF Sysplex Management to manage CFRM policies

By QUN WEI posted Mon July 15, 2024
z/OSMF Sysplex Management V2R5 provides a new feature to allow the user to manage the Coupling Facility Resource Management (CFRM) policies for the current sysplex (and rolled back to z/OS V2R4 with APAR ...

z/OSMF Software Update enhancements

By Fiona King posted Tue June 04, 2024
Cross- post with Marna’s Musings blog . Please refer to this link for more information. Since its introduction to z/OSMF in October 2020 on z/OS V2.3 and higher, we've been collecting ...

z/OS Change Tracker: *NEW* Compare Resources function/ demo

By Fiona King posted Tue May 21, 2024
The IBM z/OS Change Tracker z/OSMF plug-in provides an interactive and easy-to-use GUI front-end, right from the z/OSMF desktop. Currently, the plug-in includes a Monitored Resources view for managing ...

How to use z/OSMF Workflow REST steps

By QI LI posted Tue April 30, 2024
As a user of z/OSMF Workflows, you can design a workflow step that invokes a Representational State Transfer (REST) service. This step is referred to as a REST step. The REST steps can send REST requests, ...

Configuring a primary z/OSMF for communicating with a z/OS Data Gatherer server

By QI LI posted Wed April 24, 2024
Background: z/OS Data Gatherer is the strategic IBM performance measurement tool in a z/OS host environment. Considering the complexity of Data Gatherer REST services, they should be deployed on ...

z/OSMF Client Experiences

By Fiona King posted Mon April 08, 2024
Following the end of the z/OS 3.1 Release Beta Program, numerous participants shared their thoughts and experiences testing out the z/OSMF features available on z/OS 3.1. Hear what our users had to say: ...

Make it much easier to more accurately size structures - z/OSMF CFRM Policy Editor CF Sizing integration

By QUN WEI posted Thu March 21, 2024
In z/OS 3.1, z/OSMF Sysplex Management plugin provides a new feature to allow the user to calculate CF structure sizes and directly apply changes to their CFRM policies (and rolled back to z/OS 2.5 with ...

Make it much easier to more accurately size structures - z/OSMF CFRM Policy Editor CF Sizing integration

By QUN WEI posted Wed February 21, 2024
In z/OS 3.1, z/OSMF Sysplex Management plugin provides a new feature to allow the user to calculate CF structure sizes and directly apply changes to their CFRM policies (and rolled back to z/OS 2.5 with ...

z/OS Installation Using z/OSMF Badge

By Fiona King posted Thu February 15, 2024
z/OS Installation Using z/OSMF Badge Want to showcase your skills doing ServerPac installations using z/OSMF’s Software Management? Check out the new ‘ z/OS Installation Using z/OSMF’ ...

Setting variable values dynamically during workflow execution in z/OSMF

By QI LI posted Sun November 26, 2023
z/OSMF Workflow variables are used to store information to be referenced and manipulated within the workflow. A variable is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed ...

z/OS Jobs REST services enhancement - more asynchronous notification events

By QI LI posted Thu November 23, 2023
With APAR PH44152, z/OS Jobs REST services were enhanced to support more asynchronous notification events. Before the enhancement, when you submit a JCL through the following z/OSMF REST API, you can ...

z/OS Change Tracker | z/OSMF plug-in video

By Fiona King posted Wed August 30, 2023
z/OS Change Tracker is a System Software Change Control and Management solution for the z/OS platform. It allows for tracking, control, and management of systems software configuration changes, and can ...

How to fix expired self-signed certificate issues for z/OSMF

By ZHI LI posted Tue June 20, 2023
If you got a certificate expired warning or error when using z/OSMF, you would need to work with your security administrator to renew z/OSMF server certificate. This blog introduces how to renew self-signed ...

How does z/OSMF SCA help SDSF simplify security configurations

By ZHI LI posted Thu May 04, 2023
SDSF provides users with the ability to securely monitor and control their z/OS® system(s). Information that is displayed in SDSF includes batch job output, Unix System Services (USS) processes, started ...

*New* z/OS Change Tracker as a z/OSMF plugin! Try it free for 90-days

By Fiona King posted Fri March 31, 2023
IBM z/OS Change Tracker is a System Software Change Control and Management solution for the z/OS platform. It allows for automatic, real-time tracking, control, and management of systems software configuration ...

z/OSMF 2023 Annual Survey

By Fiona King posted Thu March 23, 2023
📣 Calling all z/OS and z/OSMF users 📣 Please spare a few minutes to complete the z/OSMF 2023 Annual Survey : ibm.biz/zosmfsurvey2023 We are always looking for new ...

z/OS Management Services Catalog enhancements

By Fiona King posted Thu March 23, 2023
Designed to transform how system programmers manage their z/OS environments, z/OS Management Services Catalog uses z/OSMF workflows-based services to provide a simpler, faster, and more effective ...

z/OSMF Trials

By Fiona King posted Tue March 07, 2023
As mentioned in z/OSMF Guild Session 15 , there are several z/OSMF trials available for you to try out. If you missed it— here's a reminder of what z/OSMF trials options exist today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...