Using IBM Z
ChatOps
After installing and configuring IBM Z®
ChatOps , you can invite the bot user created
in Planning for IBM Z ChatOps to your channel and perform simple tasks
with it. This chapter provides several use cases and screen shots from Slack as examples where the
name of the bot account is bnz. To learn more about chatting with IBM Z ChatOps, see IBM Z ChatOps Simple Formed Sentence (SFS) and IBM Z ChatOps Commands .
Interacting with Z ChatOps
There are four ways to interact with IBM Z ChatOps: chatting, mouse navigation, lauch-in-context (LIC) link and message code preview, and inbound web hook.
Managing user account password of Z ChatOps Microservice
You can manage your user account password through the swagger UI of Z ChatOps Microservice.
Asking bnz to show all domains
Ask bnz to show all domains by sending the right sentence or command.
Setting the default domain
After bnz shows you all domains, you can set the default domain.
Listing the systems on the domain
Ask bnz to list all the systems by sending the right sentence or command.
Checking details of the system
After bnz lists all the systems of the domain, you can check the details of each one of them.
Setting the default system
After bnz shows you all systems, you can set the default system.
Listing the resources on the system
After bnz shows the details of the system, you can check the resources on the system.
Checking the details of resources on the system
After bnz shows the resources on the system, you can check the details of the resources on the system.
Listing resource members
After bnz shows you the details of the resources on the system, you can check the resource members.
Listing resource relations
After bnz shows you the details of the resources on the system, you can check the resource relations.
Managing resources
After bnz shows you the details of the resources on the system, you can manage resources.
Listing resource requests
After bnz shows you the details of the resources on the system, you can check the resource requests.
Listing events of OMEGAMON
You can ask bnz to list the events of OMEGAMON® or the events of one component of OMEGAMON.
Listing resource details of OMEGAMON
You can ask bnz to list the status of an OMEGAMON resource or check the details of the resources.
Getting help from IBM Documentation with a message ID
You can ask bnz to search for information in the IBM® Documentation with a message ID.
Sharing IBM Service Management Unite links to channel
You can use the Copy as Link function in IBM Service Management Unite to create links from IBM Service Management Unite. When you paste the links to chat, the bot user bnz can provide the preview of the target resource, domain, or system.
Listing engines of ZWS
You can ask bnz to list the engines or set default engine of IBM Z Workload Scheduler (ZWS).
Listing status of jobs of ZWS
You can ask bnz to list the status of jobs of IBM Z Workload Scheduler (ZWS).
Listing status of critical jobs of ZWS
You can ask bnz to list the status of critical jobs of IBM Z Workload Scheduler (ZWS).
Issuing commands
You can ask bnz to issue Z System Automation, NetView® and MVS™ commands.
Managing credentials
You can ask bnz to manage credentials.
Getting bot response messages in JSON format
You can run commands and get bot response messages in JSON format.