For z/OSMF Version 2 Release 1, SA32-1066-00
This document is new for z/OSMF Version 2 Release 1. It contains information that was previously presented in IBM® z/OS Management Facility Configuration Guide, SA38-0652-07.
New information
In this release, you can create a workflow definition for performing activities on a z/OS system, such as configuring a component or product. An active workflow is created from the workflow definition when a user imports the workflow definition into the Workflows task of z/OSMF.
To help you get started with creating workflow definitions, z/OSMF includes XML samples for your reference. For more information, including concepts and a description of the basic elements of a workflow definition file, see Creating workflow definitions for z/OS.
- You can use a job correlator as an alternative to specifying a job name and job ID combination. A job correlator provides you with a means to query a job in the system and track it through execution. This function is available for JES2 systems only; it is not available for JES3 systems.
- The service described in Submit a job is enhanced to allow the specification of one or more JCL symbols. This function is available for JES2 systems only; it is not available for JES3 systems.
- You can use the asynchronous job notifications function of z/OSMF to allow your HTTP applications to be notified when submitted jobs complete. With this function, a program that submits a job through the z/OS® jobs REST interface services POST method specifies a URL when submitting the job. When the job ends, z/OSMF returns an HTTP message to the URL location, indicating the job completion status.
For information about the z/OS jobs REST interface services, see z/OS jobs REST interface. This function is available for both JES2 systems and JES3 systems. For information about the asynchronous job notifications function, see the topic on configuring your system for asynchronous job notifications in IBM z/OS Management Facility Configuration Guide, SA38-0657.