PI67819: NEW FUNCTION - Z/OSMF SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS.

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• Z/OSMF Software Management enhancements.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM z/OSMF Software             *
  *                 Management task,V2R1.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: z/OSMF Software Management V2R1 has     *
  *                      been modified to support Non-SMP/E      *
  *                      Managed Software Instances and          *
  *                      Creating and Deploying Portable         *
  *                      Software Instances.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The z/OSMF Software Management task has been enhanced
  as follows:
  1. Support Non-SMP/E Managed Software Instances
  A software instance is a collection of data sets containing
  installed software, and other data sets that may be associated
  with that installed software.  Formerly the software was
  required to be SMP/E managed, which means the collection of
  data sets contains, and is described by, one or more SMP/E
  target and distribution zone pairs, defined by a single global
  zone.
  This enhancement provides the capability to define, manage,
  and deploy software instances that do NOT contain any SMP/E
  managed software.  This means software instances are no longer
  required to identify an SMP/E global zone CSI to describe the
  installed software.  Therefore, the z/OSMF Software Management
  task can now be used to manage and deploy SMP/E installed and
  managed software in addition to non-SMP/E installed and
  managed software.
  
  2. Create and Deploy Portable Software Instances
  A software instance is a loose collection of native data sets
  on a z/OS system containing installed software.  This
  enhancement provides a new Export action that creates a
  portable image of a software instance, including the SMPCSI
  data sets and all associated SMP/E managed target and
  distribution libraries if the installed software is SMP/E
  managed, non-SMP/E managed data sets, and meta-data required
  to describe the entire software instance.  The portable image
  is called a Portable Software Instance, and the Software
  Management task provides the capability to define, manage, and
  deploy portable software instances in addition to native
  software instances.
  Portable software instances can be used to broadcast a single
  portable image of a software instance to several locations, or
  by a software vendor to distribute manufactured software
  instances, which can then be installed to create a native
  software instance using the z/OSMF Software Management
  deployment function.
  
  3.Browser support for Mozilla Firefox ESR 45 and Microsoft
  Internet Explorer 11.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• z/OSMF Software Management V2R1 has been modified to support
  - Non-SMP/E Managed Software Instances
  - Creating and Deploying Portable Software Instances
  -------------  DOCUMENTS UPDATES -----------------------------
  The following documentation will be updated.
  --------------------------------------------------------------
   - IBM z/OS Management Facility Configuration Guide,
   - SA38-0657-08, Version 2 Release 1.
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  Available for download by December 30, 2016:
  http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/izu23153.pdf
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  The z/OS Management Facility Configuration Guide contains a
  topic titled "Creating access controls for the Software
  Management task".  This topic describes how to authorize users
  to actions and objects within Software Management. Since APAR
  PI67819 is removing the managed list of global zones, and
  therefore removing all authorization checking for globalzone
  objects, the subtopic "Authorizing users to global zones" is
  being removed in its entirety. In addition, a new subtopic
  "Authorizing users to portable software instances" is being
  added.  Information for this new topic is as follows:
  Authorizing users to portable software instances.
  
  A portable software instance is a portable image of a software
  instance, including the SMPCSI data sets and all associated
  SMP/E managed target and distribution libraries
  if the installed software is SMP/E managed, non-SMP/E
  managed data sets, and meta-data required to describe the
  entire software instance.
  To control access to a specific portable software instance,
  define a security manager product profile for the resource.
  The SAF resource name for a portable software instance
  object has the following format:
  <safPrefix>.ZOSMF.SOFTWARE_DEPLOYMENT.DAT.PSWI.<category>.
  <systemName>.<portableSwiName>
  where:
  - PSWI - indicates that the object associated with this
  SAF resource is a portable software instance
  category - is the name of the category assigned to the
  portable software instance.  If multiple categories are
  assigned, a separate SAF resource name is created for
  each category.  If no category is assigned, the category
  value is NOCATEGORY.  To perform an action, users must
  have the access authority required for that action for
  all the SAF resource names associated with the portable
  software instance.
  - systemName - is the nickname of the z/OSMF host system
  that has access to the UNIX directory where the portable
  software instance resides.  The system is defined in the
  z/OSMF Systems task.
  - portableSwiName - is the name of the portable software
  instance.
  The following lists the access authority levels used to
  control access to portable software instance objects and the
  actions that are permitted for each authority.  The Software
  Management task does not perform authorization checks to
  determine which portable software instances to display in a
  list or table; therefore, all portable software instances
  will be displayed regardless of access authority.
  -------------------------------------------
  Access Authority    Actions Allowed
  ----------------    ---------------
  READ                - View the properties of a portable softwar
                        instance
                      -Deploy the portable software instance
                       during a deployment
  UPDATE              -In addition to the actions specified for
                       the READ access, users can perform the
                       following actions:
                      - Modify the portable software instance
                        properties that are not used to create
                        the SAF resource name for the portable
                        software instance.
  CONTROL             - In addition to the actions specified for
                        the READ and UPDATE access, users can
                        perform the following actions:
                      - Create new portable software instances
                        explicitly using the Add action.
                      - Modify the portable software instance
                        properties that are used to create the
                        SAF resource name for the portable
                        software instance and control access
                        to the portable software instance.
                      - Remove the portable software instance.
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APAR Information

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

  PI66832

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

  UI42018

Modules/Macros

• IZUDMAPI IZUDMHLP IZUDMJNI IZUDMSO  IZUDMUI
  IZUDXDEL IZUDXUCL IZUDXUZP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  Z/OSMF DEPLYMNT

• Fixed component ID

  5655S2804

Applicable component levels

• R214 PSY UI42018

     UP16/11/10 P F611

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