PH45201: NEW FUNCTION - Add Remove Temporary Catalog Aliases action

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• New function for z/OSMF Software Management
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of the z/OSMF Software Management  *
  *                 task.                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Add a new Software Instance action to   *
  *                      Remove Temporary Catalog Aliases        *
  *                      created by a Deployment operation that  *
  *                      created a new master catalog.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: The z/OSMF Software Management task in z/OS  *
  *                 V2.3, V2.4, and V2.5 is enhanced to support  *
  *                 removing temporary catalog aliases created   *
  *                 by a Deployment operation that created a new *
  *                 master catalog.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The z/OSMF Software Management task is updated to support
  a new Software Instance action, "Remove Temporary Catalog
  Aliases".  This action will be applicable only to software
  instances created by a Deployment operation that created a new
  master catalog.  This new action will generate and submit JCL to
  remove the new master catalog temporary catalog alias (and
  temporary catalog aliases for user catalogs if any) from the
  driving system catalog, remove the data set aliases in the new
  master catalog and user catalogs, and update the CSI to
  reference the true data set names.  This new action can be
  performed from the Software Instance list page in the Software
  Management application, or programmatically by a new z/OSMF
  REST API.
  
  In addition to providing the new remove temporary catalog
  aliases function, the following issues are also fixed:
  
  - The Model page in the deployment configuration wizard has been
  updated to provide more guidance on when to select a software
  instance to use as a model.
  
  - The Catalogs page in the deployment configuration wizard has
  been updated to add a Modify action to more directly modify the
  properties for the selected catalog.
  
  - The Define Job Settings page in the deployment checklist has
  been updated to add hover helps that describe the "JCL data set
  name" and "Work data set name prefix" fields.
  
  - The generation of deployment jobs has been corrected to handle
  replacing another software instance that includes saved UNIX
  file system data sets when the associated file systems are
  mounted, preventing messages IZUD9705E and IZUD9706E from
  being displayed on the Define Job Settings page of the
  deployment checklist.
  IZUD9705E   Generation of the deployment jobs failed. Target
  data set data-set-name cannot overwrite the existing data set
  with the same name on volume volume-serial because the existing
  data set is not included in the software instance being
  replaced.
  IZUD9706E   Generation of the deployment jobs failed. Target
  data set data-set-name cannot overwrite the existing cataloged
  data set with the same name because the existing data set is not
  included in the software instance being replaced.
  
  - The Deployment Unzip Data Sets job (IZUDxxUZ) has been
  corrected to handle merging data sets with RECFM=VBM.
  Previously the IDCAMS program in the ALLOCDS step of the Unzip
  job failed with INVALID KEYWORD, VBM
  
  - The Deployment FTP job (IZUDxxFA) has been updated to
  FTP merged data sets during a remote deployment.
  
  - The Deployment Merge UNIX Data Sets job (IZUDxxMG) has been
  updated to correctly substitute the work data set name prefix
  for a remote deployment.
  
  - The Deployment Update CSI Data Sets job (IZUDxxUC) has been
  corrected to add the temporary catalog alias to the TLIBPREFIX
  subentry in global zone SYSMOD entries when creating a new
  master catalog.
  
  - The Deployment -> View -> Deployment Summary -> Data Sets to
  Merge tab has been updated to display the merged data sets for a
  completed deployment.
  
  - The Export as Portable Software Instance wizard has been
  updated to correctly save modifications to a previously saved
  Export operation.
  
  - The Export as Portable Software Instance wizard has been
  updated to delete any generated jobs from the JCL data
  set when the Export operation is canceled.
  
  - The Export as Portable Software Instance operation has been
  updated to not allow a PDS data set with a RECFM=U to be a
  merge candidate for a PDSE data set.
  
  - The Software Instance -> Perform Workflows -> Create Workflow
  action has been updated to correctly open the created workflow
  instance in the Workflows tab when the workflow name contains
  special characters (such as "=").  When calling the Workflows
  task the workflow name is now encoded on the URL.
  
  - Software Management has been updated to encode data set names
  and unix paths when included in the URL passed to the Data
  Sets and Files REST API.
  
    KEYWORDS: DRVSYS/K ZOS0205C/K ZOS0301C/K ZOS0302C/K
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI82215 UI82216 UI82218

Modules/Macros

• IZUDMAPI IZUDMHLP IZUDMJNI IZUDMUI
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  Z/OSMF DEPLYMNT

• Fixed component ID

  5655S2804

Applicable component levels

• R234 PSY UI82218

     UP22/09/14 P F209  

• R244 PSY UI82216

     UP22/09/14 P F209  

• R254 PSY UI82215

     UP22/09/14 P F209  

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