The new release IBM Z System Automation, V4.2 has been announced. IBM Z System Automation is developed since mid of 90's in the Germany lab, and was formerly called IBM System Automation for z/OS.
The release will have GA on December 6, 2019.
IBM Z System Automation V4.2 includes the following enhancements:
- An intuitive and modernized user experience for application groups by introducing a new application group model
- New capabilities in the Customization Dialog to more efficiently and intuitively define messages and their criteria related to alerting and event management
- The capability for ad-hoc automation of dynamically provisioned resources (such as CICS regions, IMS message processing regions, and similar workloads) that are based on application templates
- IBM z15 exploitation support for activating a temporary capacity record in support of System Recovery Boost to add reserved zIIP processors through the System Automation Base Control Program Internal Interface (SA-BCPii) via GDPS or through Processor Operations and automated triggering of System Recovery Boost at the begin of a system shutdown phase initiated by System Automation or via GDPS
- Full end-to-end automation support that uses the Universal Automation Adapter of Service Management Unite to start, stop, and monitor resources on non-z/OS platforms, such as Linux and Windows
- Along with these new functions, many Requests For Enhancements (RFE's) will be made available
More information can be found here in the announcement: ibm.biz/Bdzub3
If you are curious to know, which RFE's are solved, here is the list:
| 18671 | AOFCPMSG enhancement: DOM specification via codematch entries |
| 20911 | Sending of Captured messages to INGALERT |
| 38083 | Clearing Events from 'domed' WTOR are not created automaticly |
| 38084 | Option to define the severity of a message via ISSUEACT code match |
| 41077 | Increase max size of exceptional message queue |
| 53668 | WLM Resource being set with Auto flags OFF |
| 56041 | Show Compound State of related resources in INGINFO |
| 61866 | New Parameter for Command INGPAC |
| 65711 | INGMSGS & AOFCPMG Message DELETE Functions |
| 70177 | AOFCPMSG: respect Automation Flag |
| 80625 | AOFCPMSG enhancement: DOM specification via codematch entries |
| 81272 | INGMSGS Option to not DOM message from the system |
| 84025 | Bigger Field Length |
| 88141 | SA z/OS - No SYSAUTO SAF Check for INGSCHED |
| 93878 | Add a Comment field in Policy Database list |
| 96819 | Icreased Security for Policy Database Activity Log |
| 101334 | Add ability to disable DOMing of WTOR when using AOFCPMSG |
| 103996 | System Automation - Externalize DSIPHONE-PPI-Interface routine |
| 109091 | EXTENSION OF SYSAUTO RESOURCE CLASS TO OTHER SA COMMANDS THAT PROVIDE QUERY FUNCTIONALITY |
| 115311 | ALLOW NETVIEW JOBNAME() FUNCTION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO AOFEXC17 |
| 115994 | The Info Link field in the System Automation policy cannot accommodate large URL's. |
| 120676 | INGGROUP Recycle skip inactive groups |
| 121142 | Support of system symbols in E2E-config files |
| 121614 | MDFYSHUT NOW pass |
| 122203 | New INGWHY scenario: Child of group prevents member stop |
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