Release notes

What's new

August 2025 v1.1.0

• Change in deployment method for sample dashboards.

  Sample dashboards are now deployed through the IBM RMF application instead of using the standard Grafana bundling process. Users can manage the deployment of sample dashboards directly on the app page.

• Sample dashboards are deployed into dedicated IBM RMF folders.

July 2025 v1.0.11

• Fixed issues that caused dashboards showing maximum 20 systems per sysplex.
• The following dashboards are updated:

  • Common Storage Activity (Timeline)
  • Common Storage Activity
  • General Activity (Timeline)
  • General Activity
  • Overall Image Activity (Timeline)
  • Overall Image Activity

  Note: You may need to re-import the dashboards to utilize the latest enhancements in the dashboards, depending on your installation method.

• Fixed internally found defects.

May 2025 v1.0.10

Fixed a Windows-specific regression that caused the plugin to serve data points with the incorrect TZ offset.

May 2025 v1.0.9

• IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin has been enhanced to optimize the step size when querying and displaying time series data, based on the selected time range and panel size. This enhancement ensures that panels display the required number of data points.

• A bug has been fixed that was causing specific data points to be dropped from time series views, resulting in a flat line in the graphs.

• Fixed internally found defects.

April 2025 v1.0.8

• A new option, Compression, has been added to the data source creation process. This option enables the RMF data source to request HTTP compression from the Data Distributed Server (DDS) during data retrieval, which improves the efficiency of data transfer. See Creating RMF data sources.

• Fixed certain scenarios of missing data within dashboards for time series visualizations.

• Fixed internally found defects.

November 2024 v1.0.7

• Fixed internally found defects.

• You can now download IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin documentation as a PDF file. See PDF Guide.

October 2024 v1.0.6

• The IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin now allows customizing banner and caption fields in IBM RMF Report visualizations.

• After you modify any IBM RMF data source and save the changes, you no longer need to re-enter the password.

• Improved performance.

• Fixed internally found defects.

August 2024 v1.0.5

• When creating the datasource, you now have the option to specify the desired cache size in megabytes for the datasource.

• Fixed internally found defects.

• The topic of Creating RMF data sources has been updated per the new UI changes.

June 2024 v1.0.4

• The user interface for creating the datasource has been enhanced to improve the user experience.

• Fixed internally found defects.

• The following dashboards are updated:

  • Common Storage Activity (Timeline)
  • Common Storage Activity
  • Coupling Facility Overview (Timeline)
  • Coupling Facility Overview
  • Execution Velocity (Timeline)
  • Execution Velocity
  • General Activity (Timeline)
  • General Activity
  • Overall Image Activity (Timeline)
  • Overall Image Activity
  • Performance Index (Timeline)
  • Response Time (Timeline)
  • Response Time
  • XCF Activity (Timeline)
  • XCF Activity

  Note: You must re-import the dashboards to utilize the latest enhancements in the dashboards.
• The documentation updates for v1.0.4 include the following changes:

  • The topic of Creating RMF data sources has been updated as per the new UI changes.

  • The Upgrading the RMF for z/OS plugin on Grafana topic is included to provide information about the upgrade process.

February 2024 v1.0.3

• Fixed specific issues related to the support of Grafana v10.x.x.

• Fixed empty settings issue for IBM RMF data source defined via Home / Apps / IBM RMF page.

• Fixed internally found defects.

• The documentation updates for v1.0.3 include the following changes:

  • The Grafana through IBM z/OS Management Facility topic explains more detailed setup instructions to access Grafana from the z/OSMF server.

  • The RMF for z/OS plugin installation section is updated to provide clear information and guidance on installing the RMF for z/OS plugin on different platforms based on specific requirements.

  • The troubleshooting topic is provided to help users analyze and resolve common issues that may occur while using the IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin.

December 2023 v1.0.2

• Support spaces in Datasource name.

• Fixed internally found defects.

November 2023 v1.0.1

• Resolved security issues in dependencies.

• Fixed internally found defects.

November 2023 v1.0.0

The first release of the IBM RMF for z/OS Grafana plugin is in the following GitHub repository: https://github.com/IBM/RMF.

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