List the sysplexes defined to z/OSMF
You can use this operation to obtain a list of the sysplexes that are defined to a z/OSMF instance.
HTTP method and URI path
GET /zosmf/resttopology/sysplexes
where:
- zosmf/resttopology identifies the topology services.
- sysplexes informs the service that the request is to retrieve a list of the sysplexes that are defined to the z/OSMF instance.
Standard headers
Use the following standard
HTTP header with this request:
Content-Type: application/json
Custom headers
None.
Request content
None.
Usage considerations
Required authorizations
Expected response
On completion, the service returns an HTTP response, which includes a status code indicating whether your request completed. Status code 200 indicates success. A status code of 4nn or 5nn indicates that an error has occurred. For more details, see Error handling.
If
the request was successful, the response also includes the following
JSON object:
{
"items":[
{
"sysplexName":"sysplex-name",
"systemNickNames":"system-nicknames"
}
],
"numRows":"total-items"
}
where:
- sysplex-name
- Name of the sysplex where the z/OS® system is a member. The name is the value specified for the SYSPLEX parameter of the cross-system coupling facility (XCF) couple data set format utility. A value of <Not Specified> indicates that one or more systems are not assigned to a sysplex.
- system-nicknames
- Comma-separated list of the systems assigned to the sysplex. Each system is identified by its nickname.
- total-items
- Number of sysplexes that were retrieved.
Example
In the following example, the GET
method is used to retrieve a list of the sysplexes that are defined
to the z/OSMF instance
that has a host name of zosmf1.yourco.com.
Figure 1. Sample request to retrieve
a list of sysplexes
GET /zosmf/resttopology/sysplexes HTTP/1.1
Host: zosmf1.yourco.com
A sample response is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Sample response from a
request to retrieve a list of sysplexes
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:39:28 +0000GMT
Connection: close
{
"items":[
{
"sysplexName":"plex1",
"systemNickNames":"sys1"
},
{
"sysplexName":"plex2",
"systemNickNames":"sys2"
},
{
"sysplexName":"plex3",
"systemNickNames":"sys3"
}
],
"numRows":"3"
}