Summary of changes made in z/OSMF Version 2 Release 2, as updated April 2017
This document contains information that was previously presented in IBM z/OS Management Facility Programming Guide, SC27-8420-05, which supports IBM® z/OS® Management Facility Version 2 Release 2.
New information
New function is available for z/OSMF V2R2 when you
install the April 2017 functional updates.
- Software services instance REST API to indicate that security setup for a software services template is complete. For more information, see Set security complete for a software services template.
Changed information
Function is changed for z/OSMF V2R2 when you install the April 2017 functional updates.
Cloud Provisioning services REST APIs are enhanced as follows:
- Domains can have more than one system. For more information, see Resource management services and Software services instance services. See also new system-nicknames fields for Test a software services template and Run a published software service template.
- Switching to a runAsUser user ID can be audited. See Get a software services template, Get a published software service template, and Create a software services instance.
- Security can be defined manually, rather than being defined automatically by z/OSMF. See Get a domain, Get a software services template, and Get a published software service template.
- The provisioning workflow that is provided when creating or modifying a software services template must be of type provisioning. See Create a software services template, Create a new version of a software services template, and Modify a software services template.
- New fields indicate when a software services template was published or archived. See Get a software services template and Get a published software service template.
- Provisioning and actions workflows can be suspended and resumed. For more information, see Software services instance services.
- The disposition of workflows and jobs after they complete can be specified. See Create a software services template, Create a new version of a software services template, Modify a software services template, Get a software services template, Get a published software service template, and Create a software services instance. With the addition of a new workflows-dispsition field, the workflows-clean-after-provisioned field is deprecated.
- A new updateRegistry attribute on the action workflow variable definition indicates if the software services instance should be updated with the variable after action workflow completes. See Set security complete for a software services template.
The Workflows services REST API is enhanced to return more information about:
- Jobs that are run by steps
- Provisioning workflows.
Workflows XML schema is enhanced with new elements and attributes, which enable workflow authors
to:
- Use substitution (variables) in the workflow variable input file. For information, see Using variable substitution in the workflow variable input file.
- Specify a relative path when referring to the location of a called workflow definition. For information, see Designing a step to call another workflow.
- Force a stop in a sequence of automated steps, and, optionally, have z/OSMF send an email notification to one or more recipients that you specify. For information, see Using the suspend element to control automation.