Releases

Version 1.3.0

Notes

• Update recommended

  • type() was replaced by isinstance() in the code for gen utilities since ansible-core 2.16 supports Python 3.12 and that version deprecated type() function.

  • No other changes from version 1.3.0-beta.1 release. Collection promoted to certified content with version 1.3.0.

Availability

• Automation Hub

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Known Issues

• ims_command - STEPLIB is required and needs to be defined as an environment variable.

• ims_command - Currently, this module requires to have plex parameter defined.

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.5.0 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS 3.9 - 3.12

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.2.2 or later (but prior to 1.3)

  • ZOAU minimum supported version may vary depending on the z/OS core collection version that is chosen. For details on z/OS core collection requirements, see: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core/releases

• Supported by z/OS V2R4 (or later) but prior to version V3R1

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.3.0-beta.1

Notes

• Update recommended

• New module

  • ims_ddl

• Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Added new member dfsdf_member in the ims_catalog_populate and ims_catalog_purge modules. The DFSDFxxx member is in the IMS.PROCLIB data set where the CATALOG section is defined.

• Documentation updates

  • Minor updates to compression parameter in the ims_acbgen module where PRECOMP,POSTCOMP, in any combination, cause the required in-place compression. The choices are not mutually exclusive – PRECOMP or POSTCOMP or PRECOMP,POSTCOMP can be used.

• Improved test and ansible-sanity coverage.

• Subset of the test cases were updated to support for Ansible 2.15.

• Additional support for test cases in ims_catalog_populate and ims_catalog_purge modules to support dfsdf_member parameter.

• This update also has updated prerequisites for Ansible 2.14 or newer and ZOAU 1.2.2 or newer but prior to version 1.3.

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.5.0 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.9 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.2.2 or later (but prior to 1.3)

  • ZOAU minimum supported version may vary depending on the z/OS core collection version that is chosen. For details on z/OS core collection requirements, see: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core/releases

• Supported by z/OS V2R4 (or later) but prior to version V3R1

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.2.0

Notes

• Update recommended

• Bug fixes and enhancements

  • No changes from version 1.2.0-beta.2 release. Collection promoted to certified content with version 1.2.0.

Availability

• Automation Hub

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.4.0 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS 3.9 - 3.11

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.1.1 - 1.2.2

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.2.0-beta.2

Notes

• Update recommended

• Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Fixed sanity test error for dbdgen and psbgen modules after the member_list argument type was updated to raw from list since the element type can either be str or key:value pair.

  • DBDGEN sample2 testcase file was deleted since it was a duplicate and contained an invalid testcase.

  • This update also has updated prerequisites for Ansible 2.11 and ZOAU 1.1.1.

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.4.0 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.1.1 PTF

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.2.0-beta.1

Notes

• Update recommended

• Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Adds support for Ansible 4 (ansible-core 2.11)

  • Fixed bug in ims_catalog_populate where check_timestamp: false would cause module calls to return an IMS error.

  • Improved JSON keys for ims_command_utils to replace whitespaces with underscores to help make the output more parsable.

  • This update also has updated prerequisites for Ansible 2.11 and ZOAU 1.1.0 or later.

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.3.0 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.1.0 PTF or later

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.1.0

Notes

• Update recommended

• Module changes

  • ims_catalog_populate - improved pep8 and Ansible Sanity compliance

  • ims_catalog_purge - improved pep8 and Ansible Sanity compliance

  • ims_dbrc - improved pep8 and Ansible Sanity compliance

  • ims_dbd_gen - added usage of Python tempdir libraries instead of fixed string

  • ims_psb_gen - added usage of Python tempdir libraries instead of fixed string

• Documentation updates

• Improved test and security coverage

Availability

• Automation Hub

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.2.1

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise SDK for Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.0.3 PTF UI70435

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.0.1

Notes

• Update recommended

  • ims_acb_gen

  • ims_dbd_gen

  • ims_psb_gen

  • ims_command

• Documentation updates

• Improved test and security coverage

Availability

• Automation Hub

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.2.1 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.0.3 PTF UI70435 or later

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.1.0-beta.1

Notes

• Update recommended

• New modules

  • ims_catalog_populate

  • ims_catalog_purge

  • ims_dbrc

• Documentation

  • Update documentation in support of centralized content.

• Updated sample playbook

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.2.0-beta.1 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.0.3 PTF UI70435 or later

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.0.0-beta3

Notes

• Update recommended

• Enhancement

  • ims_acb_gen

  • ims_dbd_gen

  • ims_psb_gen

• Documentation updates

• Updated sample playbook

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection v1.2.0-beta.1 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Enterprise Python for z/OS: 3.8.2 or later

• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.0.3 PTF UI70435 or later

• Supported by z/OS V2R3

• The z/OS® shell

Version 1.0.0-beta2

Notes

• Update recommended

• New modules

  • ims_acb_gen

• Bug fixes

• Documentation updates

• Updated sample playbook

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by IBM z/OS core collection 1.0.0 or later

Version 1.0.0-beta1

Notes

• Initial beta release of IBM z/OS IMS collection, referred to as ibm_zos_ims which is part of the broader offering Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z.

• New modules

  • ims_dbd_gen, ims_psb_gen, ims_command

Availability

• Galaxy

• GitHub