z/OSMF plug-in considerations

The IBM z/OS Change Tracker z/OSMF plug-in provides an interactive GUI front-end from the z/OSMF desktop.

The plug-in includes a Monitored Resources view for managing resources on the protection list, and other features such as viewing the change history of data sets, member-level backup and recovery, and checkin and checkout of members. You can also compare pairs of data sets (PDS or PDSE) or compare data sets on a pair of volumes.

The plug-in is installed as an optional step in the overall Configure zOS Change Tracker workflow. For information and instructions, run the z/OSMF Plugin configuration step in the workflow.

If you do not yet have z/OSMF configured on your system, refer to the z/OSMF Configuration Guide in the IBM Documentation.

When z/OSMF has been configured and the plug-in is installed, open the Change Tracker task by double-clicking the IBM z/OS Change Tracker icon on the z/OSMF desktop.

For information about the available features and functions in each view, click the Help button to display the corresponding topic in the z/OSMF online help.

Diagnosing problems in z/OSMF

If you encounter any problems with the plug-in, try the following steps.

• To clear transient display problems, refresh the browser window.
• Close and restart the plug-in from the z/OSMF desktop.
• Check the History page for recent messages that might be relevant.
• Check the z/OSMF log file for possibly useful information. The z/OSMF log file is in a configurable location. For information about working with z/OSMF log files, see z/OSMF log files in IBM z/OS Management Facility Configuration Guide.

To determine the service level of the IBM z/OS Change Tracker plug-in, click Settings from the menu bar in the header. The service level is displayed under Plug-in version.

Removing the Change Tracker task from z/OSMF

To remove the Change Tracker task from z/OSMF, use the Import Manager task to import the properties file named pluginDelete.properties.