Rocket Mainframe DevOps

CMN990 report is using the obsolete EVNTSRVR ADMIN LIST service when it should be using the RESTSRVR ADMIN LIST service. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000004931#ChangeManZMF#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

ZMF4ECL 8.2 Patch 6 still has references to LOG4j libraries 2.11.1 when it should be using 2.17.1 Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000005115#ChangeManZMF#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Using ZMF4ECL 8.2 Patch 6 to attach a package to an ERO Release is incorrectly attaching the package to the wrong release (not the one selected). Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000005096#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#ChangeManZMF

In ZMF 8.2 Patch 6 when attempting to checkout a component from a baseline 'minus' level and you leave the component name blank, you get a S0C4 abend in module CMNVNSRD @ OFFSET=000007E0. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000004797#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#ChangeManZMF

Can more recent tool updates be installed with gzip if the file has a suffix of .tar.bz2? I'm unable to access the webinar video that is supposed to explain using conda. (And I have registered in the Rocket community forum.) I'd like to be able to update the tools I have (curl, libssh, openssl and sudo) as I have done in the past with instructions in the readme. I don't know if that is still possible but it is preferable to me. If not, then it would be great if I had more clear instruction on the use of conda in USS. Thanks!Debbi Cosentino------------------------------Debra CosentinoMainframe Systems Administrator/DeveloperIBM SiliconSan Jose CA US------------------------------

Hi there, On my team we have a tool for submitting jcl jobs from local machines to a remote z/OS system that depends on the zoautil_py library. We've run into a few issues with this library when printing job output that contains characters that cannot be encoded to utf-8. What is the official forum/process to report bugs and make requests for functionality?  Not sure if this is the best place for this type of question. Thanks in advance.

In my time using git I've found one of the quickest executing commands is "git status". It gets issued a lot but response times always seems instantaneous, until 2.26.   The first time this was issued after the conversion from 2.14 to 2.26 it took a long time to complete, I'm talking 30+ seconds, which is a lot when you were expecting instantaneous. There was a line in the 2.26.2 for z/OS release notes that said:When you clone the repository with Git for z/OS 2.26.2, you need to run git status command. You might see that Git marks some files with the attribute as modified, even if you didn't modify them.Now I'm assuming this first "git status" after the upgrade took a long time because it needed to scan the repo to look at the attributes.  I say this because after the first "git status" the second execution was back to being instantaneous again.  But...The long "git status" response times have reappeared.  From my investigation it seems to happen when a large number of files are transf

Hi,in our comnpany we want to move our deployment pipline from jenkins agent to USS and so we are discovering the rocket git port for z/OS.But we have some problems with the zos-working-tree-encoding translation. After git clone, the entire working tree ist marked as modified.The files in our git repo are in ANSI (WINDOWS 1252) codepage.We are using on our Mainframe the german EBCDIC codepage 1141.git --versiongit version 2.26.2-78z/OS 2.3.gitattributes *.CBL zos-working-tree-encoding=IBM-1141 git-encoding=IBM-1252 *.CPY zos-working-tree-encoding=IBM-1141 git-encoding=IBM-1252 *.REX zos-working-tree-encoding=IBM-1141 git-encoding=IBM-1252 *.BMS zos-working-tree-encoding=IBM-1141 git-encoding=IBM-1252​ 09:01:27 uuuuuu@ssssssss~/gitrepo $ git clone https://github.com/xxxxxx Cloning into 'mainframe'... remote: Enumerating objects: 36495, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (4369/4369), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2050/2050), done. remote: Total 36495 (delta 2564), reused 3

For decades, we've worked to enable innovative development on the mainframe. The latest version of OpenApp Dev for Z continues Rocket's commitment to bringing modern DevOps, IT and application development innovation to IBM Z without compromising data and security. During this webinar you'll learn how our customers are gaining key benefits with Open AppDev for Z, including: A portfolio of open-source languages and tools that includes IBM z/OS Python, lower total cost of ownership, security and compliance assurance and world class support.Register here.------------------------------David AndrewsHead of Customer AdvocacyRocket SoftwareSouth Salem NY US------------------------------

Hi,trying to determine why running perl in BPXBATCH is producing ASCII output.//PERLCHK EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* //STDPARM DD * SH echo "_BPXK_AUTOCVT " $_BPXK_AUTOCVT ; echo "_CEE_RUNOPTS " $_CEE_RUNOPTS ; echo "_TAG_REDIR_ERR" $_TAG_REDIR_ERR ; echo "_TAG_REDIR_IN " $_TAG_REDIR_IN ; echo "_TAG_REDIR_OUT" $_TAG_REDIR_OUT ; echo "perl -v" ; perl -v /* [‎3/‎23/‎2022 1:26 AM] ********************************* TOP OF DATA ********************_BPXK_AUTOCVT ON _CEE_RUNOPTS ALL31(ON),FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG),POSIX(ON) _TAG_REDIR_ERR txt _TAG_REDIR_IN txt _TAG_REDIR_OUT txt perl -v % ?> ?> % ? ? ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ****************** I am expecting to seeperl -v This is perl 5, version 32, subversion 1 (v5.32.1) built for os390 (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2021, Larry Wall MVS (OS390) port by Mortice Kern Systems, 1997-1999 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artisti

Since the introduction of the Rocket Open App for Z open source solution bundle, and for all new version releases of z/OS ports of open source languages and tools by Rocket, conda is how you download and install open source to z/OS.  The video below walks you though how to download, install and configure z/OS Miniconda. ------------------------------Peter FandelRocket Software------------------------------

Using the XML service PACKAGE SERVICE PRMLOCK to lock a package from being promoted to the ‘locked’ promotion site is not working. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000004415#ChangeManZMF#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I am attempting to install miniconda 1.2.1 into USS on z/OS 2.4.  The install seemed to run fine but when I try to enter any conda command I am receiving the following:bash-4.3# ~ conda repo loginbash: /u/racfadm: EDC5123I Is a directory.bash-4.3#where /u/racfadm is my home directory.  What have I forgotten to do?  Thanks!

Here is a new puzzler.After my initial headaches using miniconda (see other threads here),   I finally had a set of installed languages and tools in a ~/bin directory.  This bin was placed in my PATH.I then moved on to my next project of adding CO:Z tools from Rocket Software.   The process has worked reliably for many years without flaws.   This time, it failed because when the script used the cp command to copy from an untagged binary unpaxed unix file  to a member in a PDS dataset, the binary EBCDIC source was being converted again and the <<newline>> sequence was not causing records level breaks in the data.    This caused the entire source file to become one big logical line.   The target PDS could not put all that data in a logical record and the cp command failed.As part of the debugging I confirmed that all AUTOCVT values were disabled  (file level tags, file system mount commands, CEE environment vars, BPXK vars, etc).All  attempts to get a clean script run failed.

We have curl installed from Ported Tools from around 2018 I believe. When using SSL (i.e. without "-k") it fails on most LPARS as follows curl -vvv --cacert /u/userid/certs/cacert.crt https://registry.hub.docker.com/v1/repositories/ibmcom/etcd/tags  curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations: CAfile: /u/userid/certs/cacert.crt CApath: none Setting CURL_CA_BUNDLE yields the same result, as does setting --cafile. (export CURL_CA_BUNDLE="/u/userid/certs/cacert.crt")I reviewed my .profile and the only other related setting looks fine: export OPENSSL_CONF=/apps/4g00/Ported_tools/curl/ssl/openssl.cnf The system /etc/profile also has nothing obvious.It does work on one LPAR, which conveniently has a shared /u/userid/.profile with a system that fails. The same curl command below is used on both systems.The system /etc/profile between the two systems look the same.The working host happens to be z/OS 2.5 but according to my notes it also worked when it was z/OS 2.4. Different location

Hi,Should curl be available for general access on https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev ? I don’t see it there. I also noticed that curl 7.77 was announced in the link below, back on Oct 1st. It says public availability in 6 months – does that mean April 1st-ish it would be on the anaconda site? https://community.rocketsoftware.com/browse/announcements?AnnouncementKey=ddda2c16-d7fd-43b8-ac00-9e0f26f5736cI also can see an entry for curl 7.66 on the Community site (z/OpenSource) but when clicked there is nothing in the Filename section.https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity Curious Bruce

Hi Team,I am installing mininconda - miniconda-py39-zos-2022-01-17.run on  zOS and facing below error. Can you please help me on how to proceed with this? Though system has enough space but still getting below error.Am I missing anything?Checking available space in /u/zdevops/Rocket ... 2041 MB ... OKMoving out sensitive files and directories...Extracting packages from distribution...2311 blocksFSUM7131 Out of space or reached the end of the archive file.If you want to go on, type device or file name when ready------------------------------Tamilarasan PushparajMainframe Devops ConsultantSelf RegisteredChennai IN------------------------------

Hi Team,Regarding the OSS license of Perl, when I display the version information of Perl for z/OS  after installation, the same contents as the general Perl license agreement are displayed as follows.  The license agreement to be complied with is written as GPL or Artistic License in it. However are there any special terms or considerations specific for the z/OS version? (Let me add that the only purpose of my Perl for z/OS usage is to use apxs (Perl is the prerequisite software) to create a Plugin for Apache. )   Thank you in advance. Shohji------------------------------Shohji TanakaSystem Engineer------------------------------

Hello,I am using unzip tool on my environment (latest version and I would like to convert ASCII file to EBCDIC during decompressing but it doesn't work as expected with the -a option.First, I have zipped an text file, which is on the Unix Services environment (in EBCDIC) with the zip tool, option -a  (translate to ASCII). Then, the zip file is sent to my Windows desktop and after unzipped on Windows, the text file is readable (so I guess that the translation to ASCII has worked correctly).I tried to unzip the same zipped file on the Unix Services environment with the unzip tool, option -a ("auto-convert any text files") but the unzipped file is still in ASCII and it  is not readable. I have to use iconv command to read it correctly (iconv -f 819 -t 1047).Is there a way to translate the file from ASCII to EBCDIC when I unzip it, like I did the translation from EBCDIC to ASCII when I zipped it ? Thank you for your helpRegardsSébastien COUVENHES

Based on your feedback we're introducing several significant changes to Rocket Open AppDev for Z today. While you can read the full press release here, users of the forum will be familiar with the topics and improvements listed below: Inclusion of IBM Python with full compatibility between Rocket z/OS ports to reduce administrative overhead Streamlined installation and the choice to use SMP/E or conda for deployments An update to the latest version of Bash – V5.1 An updated Perl port providing seamless and transparent ASCII EBCDIC conversion What do you think of these improvements? I'd love to learn how you plan to take advantage of them or what problems they solve. We've already seen hundreds of downloads so I'm sure you have feedback for me!------------------------------Peter FandelSr. Director, Product ManagementRocket Software------------------------------

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Hi,On one of my systems, this job://BPX EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,REGION=0M //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDENV DD * //STDPARM DD * SH bash -c ' uname -a && TMPDIR=Å(mktemp -d) && cd ÅTMPDIR && chgrp Å(id -g) . && git clone -b feature/TEST ssh://gitØgitprod:7999/vpzt/vpztools.git&& cd vpztools && echo ZZZaaa && cat vpztools/build/build-bash.sh && echo ZZZbbb && vpztools/build/build-bash.sh && echo ZZZccc && cat vpztools/build/build-sh.sh && echo ZZZddd && vpztools/build/build-sh.sh && cd /tmp && rm -rf ÅTMPDIR !! exit 1 ' Gives me this outout:OS/390 MVS2 27.00 04 2964 ZZZaaa Ƥ/bin/bash echo aaa git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD echo bbb git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD ! sed 's+/+_+g'echo ccc ZZZbbb aaa feature/TEST bbb feature_TEST ccc ZZZccc Ƥ/bin/sh echo aaa git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD echo bbb git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD ! sed 's+/+_+g'echo ccc ZZZdd

HLLX server started getting 'CEE0374C CONDITION=CEE3201S TOKEN=00030C81' and 'CEE0374C CONDITION=CEE3204S TOKEN=00030C84' messages. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003870#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#ChangeManZMF

Have a customer who wants to use the PDF:API2 and I download it from CPAN (PDF-API2-2.043.tar.gz). I am not sure how install it to USS on z/os. I know there is a CPAN shell but what I tried doesn't seem to work. Any help would be grateful.------------------------------Jeff GreeneSYS PROGState of OregonSalem OR US------------------------------

I am working with z/OS 2.4I was using the manifest file in order to get all dependencies resolved in one pass.You have given me some ideasA) a newer manifest file. I think there is a newer one from RocketB) individual or small group installs of key products only.Unfortunately, I have no clue which package is generating the bash character (unknown command) problem.I have a vague recollection from earlier threads that if the 'wrong' level of python was in your PATH, bad things could happen. That is something else that will eat up my working days. What should be at most a two day project has been a burden to me since I started it over 3 months ago------------------------------Tom LongfellowSenior Systems ProgrammerMaryland Judicial Information Systems (JIS)Annapolis MD US------------------------------