PH27351: ZD&T EE 12.0.5 DEPLOY DOCUMENTATION DOES NOT STATE SSHD REQUIREDDURING IPL OF Z/OS FOR THE DEPLOY TO BE SHOWN SUCCESSFUL

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The deploy operation for Z Development and Test Environment
  Enterprise Edition (ZD&T EE) 12.0.5  relies on being able to SSH
  to the target z/OS to determine when the IPL is complete.  It is
  also used as a means of being able to initiate data set restore
  post IPL.  If SSHD is not started with the IPL process then the
  tooling will time-out after 10 minutes as a successful SSH
  connection to the target z/OS is never established, even though
  the IPL can be completed successfully.  As a result the tooling
  thinks the IPL failed and will show the deploy operation as
  failed.  The requirement for SSHD to be running in order to show
  a deploy to appear successful needs to be clearly indicated in
  the documentation.
  

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Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * ZD&T Tools users.                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The deploy operation relies on being able to SSH to the      *
  * target z/OS to determine when the IPL is complete.  It is    *
  * also used as a means of being able to initiate data set      *
  * restore post IPL.  If SSHD is not started with the IPL       *
  * process then the tooling will time-out after 10 minutes as a *
  * successful SSH connection to the target z/OS is never        *
  * established, even though the IPL can be completed            *
  * successfully.  As a result the tooling                       *
  * thinks the IPL failed and will show the deploy operation as  *
  * failed.                                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The requirement for SSHD to be running in order to show a deploy
  to appear successful needs to be clearly indicated in the
  documentation.
  

Problem conclusion

• The following documentation has been added:
  To ensure that a deployment is shown as success after IPL is
  complete, SSHD must be running. The deployment operation for
  ZD&T Enterprise Edition relies on being able to SSH to the
  target z/OS to determine when the IPL is complete. It is also
  used as a means of being able to initiate data set restorage
  after IPL. If SSHD is not started with the IPL process, the
  Enterprise Edition web server will time out after ten minutes
  because a successful SSH connection to the target z/OS is not
  established. Even the IPL can be completed successfully, the web
  server determines that the IPL fails, and shows that the
  deployment operation fails.
  
  This is now available as part of IBM Z Development and Test
  Environment 13.0.
  Product web page:
  https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/z-systems-development-test
  -environment
  Fix List:
  https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27044017
  

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