Agree. IBM does need to continue making enhancements/improvements to the z/OSMF ServerPac process. While working for service providers for the past 30+ years, my primary focus has been z/OS upgrade/install activity. After using the ISPF CustomPac dialogs for 30+ years, I was not thrilled to hear that IBM was inserting z/OSMF (aka LIberty WAS <oink!>). On small, single-engine clients it can take 30-45 minutes for z/OSMF to start.
After completing my 1st z/OSMF upgrade, my reaction was "why?". Why the z/OSMF req to produce essentially the same result as the ISPF CustomPac dialogs? B/c everything is better in a browser? Modernize for the newer generation of sysprogs who theoretically expect everything to happen with a click of the mouse? Where is the "value add"? One notable issue w/ the z/OSMF process is that more flexibility and accommodation is needed in the customization/workflow process. For example, operational/target/dlib datasets cannot be resized prior to workflow allocation. The ISPF CustomPac process offered this accommodation, why not z/OSMF? Hopefully IBM will continue to make improvements and listen to our requests. Best regards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
