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Hello,Has anyone every encountered the issue that all works fine (zmf explorer, zlf cli) but that the git connector is no longer able to connect In the log it states  2026-08-13 08:50:46,246 debug: =======================> Git protocol helper for ZMF begins...2026-08-13 08:50:46,246 debug: ['git-remote-ZMF', 'origin', 'ZMF://<subsys>/<package>']2026-08-13 08:50:46,246 info: [URL] <subsys>/<package>2026-08-13 08:50:46,246 info: [SUBSYS] <subsys>2026-08-13 08:50:46,246 info: [PKGID] <package>2026-08-13 08:50:48,990 debug: [cmd] zowe zmf get ze --zmf-p <subsys>2026-08-13 08:50:48,991 debug: [out.utf8] 2026-08-13 08:50:48,991 debug: Command Error:Command failed due to improper syntaxUnknown group: zmfDid you mean: wf del aw?Command entered: "zmf get ze --zmf-p <subsys>"Use "zowe --help" to view groups, commands, and options. It’s like there is an issue with the configuration json, but I doublechecked and can’t find the issue and as stated

ZMF Explorer no longer available in the marketplace? What should we communicate to our developers?

Yesterday we upgraded to ChangeMan ZMF 8.3.2 and today we get this error when we check in a component from VS Code:  Content error: Record Length(493) exceeds Maximum(80)I checked to make sure I have the correct zmfrest war file.

VS code updated to latest version and zmf explorer profiles disappears.vs code version 1.124.2 ZMF explorer 2.0.10I tried deleting zowe.config.json, zowe.schema.json, and extenders.json.   Restored backup of zowe.config.json and zowe.schema.json.I uninstalled zmf explorer and re-installed it.    I installed a previous version of visual studio code. Unfortunately, VS code auto updated.None of these corrected the issue.  

I have updated the file associations in the ibm open editor extension.   We have two custom  types which mapping incorrectly on the local folders.J01 becomes a suffix of JAVAP01 becomes a suffix of TXTHow can I correct this file mapping/associations?  

 I have encountered an issue while working with a component in my cloned package in VS Code. I recently made some changes to this component, and my colleague made other changes to the same component. As a result, I ran into a merge conflict when attempting to push my updates.After carefully resolving the merge conflict and committing the changes, I tried to push back to the mainframe. However, I received an error, and I am not sure where the problem lies. I have double checked to ensure there are no non-mainframe compatible characters in both the merged source and my commit message.Could someone please advise if there is something I am missing in the process, or if there could potentially be a bug in the git connector? Any guidance or troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated as I would like to get this resolved as soon as possible. 

Hi everyone,I’m working on a small internal workflow and wanted to ask for advice from people using Rocket Open-Source Languages and Tools for z/OS.We have a process where project metadata is exported from a workstation and then transferred to z/OS USS for validation and reporting. The files are mostly CSV and JSON, and they include fields such as project ID, file name, export date, duration, owner, and status. Some of the source files are created after media work is completed in a pc video editor, but the actual task on z/OS is only to validate and process the metadata, not the media files themselves.I’m planning to use Python on z/OS USS to: Read the uploaded CSV/JSON metadata files Validate required fields Normalize date and filename values Write a clean output file for downstream reporting Log any rejected records with a reason My questions are: Are there any z/OS USS file encoding issues I should watch for when reading CSV or JSON files created on distributed systems? Is

Using zapp.yaml file in the IBM open editor to expand and retrieve copybooks. When package does not have any copybook in a staging dataset, the retrieval works successfully.  When a copybook exists in the staging dataset, the retrieve of copybooks fails.Click on source code in a ChangeMan package.  Select Yes. Select Yes.  From the log file, we debug on.[2026/06/01 14:28:51.462] [DEBUG] [extensionHostProcess.js:502] Getting token session - zmf_serzmfp[2026/06/01 14:28:51.464] [DEBUG] [extensionHostProcess.js:502] Allocated token - 887A13591D219BDF3DCA0E6060966351[2026/06/01 14:28:51.466] [DEBUG] [extensionHostProcess.js:502] CommonRest -createResource /component/source-include/nolocate?package=CH03000071&sourceComponent=CHGSECR1&SourceComponentType=SRC[2026/06/01 14:28:51.536] [DEBUG] [task_queues:103] Releasing token session - 887A13591D219BDF3DCA0E6060966351[2026/06/01 14:28:51.538] [DEBUG] [task_queues:103] Getting token session - zmf_serzmfp[2026/06/01 14:28:51.540] [DEBUG]

HelloWe have a strange issue on our VDIs with the Git connectorWe are still struggling to get the installation right. When we try to perform eg a git clone we ar getting a connection problem. We have setup the server using https, everything we do from the VDIthe zmfrest application the ZMF Explorerall works fine, except the git commandsI changed the server back to http and adapted the zowe config json to use http and then the git commands worked fineHowever other colleagues installed GIT_CLI and GitBash and then the git connector commands using https worked fineCan anybody shed some light on this, what am I missing on the pre requisites of the Git connector, hereby some (probably stupid) questionsdoes the Git connector need Git to be installed on the VDI if the ZMF Explorer uses https, why would the Git connector failAny feedback is welcomeBest regardsJohan

Recently we were notified that our systems team is planning to upgrade to z/OS 3.2.  We are currently on ChangeMan ZMF 8.3.  Due to resources we will not have time to upgrade before they plan on upgrading z/OS in August 2026.  I know 8.3 has not been tested and it is recommended to go to 8.3.1 but I am curious has anyone taken the chance and upgraded z/OS to 3.2 while still on 8.3?  If so, have you encountered any issues?  

Hi,We are currently running ChangeMan version 8.3.0 and are planning to upgrade our z/OS environment from version 2.5 to version 3.2.Could you please confirm whether ChangeMan V8.3.0 is compatible with z/OS 3.2?Additionally, if anyone has experience running ChangeMan V8.3.0 on z/OS 3.2, I would appreciate your guidance. Specifically, it would be helpful to understand any challenges encountered following the z/OS 3.2 upgrade and to know if any patches or updates are required for ChangeMan V8.3.0.Thank you in advance for your support.Best regards,Karthick

Hello,user has followed up the instructions at “HowTo: profile usage for ChangeMan ZMF plugin for zowe CLI and VSCode ZMF Explorer | Rocket Forum” Anyway he is getting the below messages: Is anything missing?RegardsManoel

HelloI’m looking for the page that was reachable in the past via https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/changeman-zmf/8-3/main-guides/user-guide/using-git-with-packages/index.htmlWhere is this info now?ThanksJohan

ZMF Explorer link to changeman zmf community page points to opentext site not rocket’s site

Hi ,  since January (2026) we started the preparation to implement Changeman ZMF 8.3.1.  Investigation was ongoing. By accident , when checking some info on your website mid February , we discovered that since February 10 th (2026)  version 8.3.2 is available.   Since we discovered this by accident , we were surprised.Is there a way we can be informed when a new version is available ?  (We are already subscribed to newsletters)Or is no communication done on this topic ?

Hello,We are in the process of automating a series of tasks in VS Code, in the tasks.json we defined a couple of tasks. Most of them are simple tasks, that can be executed by triggering a zowe command.Example : {         "label": "01 Clone ZMF package to local Git Repo",      "type": "shell",      "command": "git",      "args":[        "clone",        "ZMF://${input:zmfSubsys}/${input:zmfPackage}",        "C:/Users/${env:USERNAME}/.zmfGitrepo/${input:zmfPackage}"      ],      "problemMatcher": [],    },or     {         "label": "04 Audit ZMF Package",      "type": "shell",      "command": "zowe",      "args": [        "changemanzmf",        "audit",        "package",        "-p",        "${input:zmfPackage}",        "--zmf-p",        "${input:zmfSubsys}",        "--uv1",        "CAUD"      ],      "problemMatcher": [],    }, Now some of the tasks are more complex, where we need the execution of a REST API followed by data manipulations or multiple REST APIs to be executed to create a z

Hello We are currently running Git 2.14.4 on z/OS 3.1. We plan to migrate to the z17 hardware and would like to know if there are any required actions to take for this product, such as upgrading or applying any fixes to tolerate the z17s.   Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you Kind Regards, Mathew.

Hello We are currently running cURL 7.77.0 on z/OS 3.1. We plan to migrate to the z17 hardware and would like to know if there are any required actions to take for this product, such as upgrading or applying any fixes to tolerate the z17s.   Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you Kind Regards, Eghosa

Not sure if this is the right forum for this.  We recently started using the Data Virtualization Driver v3.1 and are getting a stack overflow that crashes our application every 10 minutes or so in production.  After some research I determined it's due to parameterized queries.  The parameter info is being cached by the driver in the connection pool until it reaches some limit and crashes with a stack overflow error.  If I turn off connection pooling, or hard-code the values into the query instead of properly parameterizing it, it stops crashing.  But I'd rather not do those things if I can help it.  I can easily recreate the error in our lower environments by loading up a query that parameterizes 200 parameters, and then setting it to run 100 times in sequence.  Our production users aren't plugging in that many parameters, but are hitting the cache limit through sheer volume of queries instead. Are there any connection string settings or driver sett

Hello Sergei/Alexander, Greatly appreciated the prompt replies! I removed the "<?xml encoding" lines from all .xml and .dtd (as per Sergey); and upgraded ANT to 1.10 (as per Alexander). A little change - but no joy: Buildfile: /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build.xml                                                                                                                        BUILD FAILED                                                                    /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build/project.dtd:1: Invalid byte 2 of 2-byte

Wanted to know if Miniconda supports unzipping of .7z file format which is zipped with 7Zip software. Appreciate any information on this.

Below c++ source code compiled on zOS with Codepage IBM-1047 (Compile options CONVLIT(IBM-1047) gives expected results for the Curl command. Curl command: /home/xxx/rsusr/rocket/bin/ /curl --insecure -v -s -X POST   https://api.test-xxx.hub-xx.xx.com/xxxxservices/exec/cmd - H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-api-key: xxx" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxx" -d ‘jsonbody'       Problem arises in test job (COBOL/JCL) when  Source code is c++ compiled on zOS with Codepage IBM-1141 (Compile options CONVLIT(IBM-1141).  DEBUG Curl command result: Expected valueLine:  1 Offset: 0  ERROR Failed to send V1 XE Server request Does CURL support IBM-1141 or IBM-285? Is there any way to convert the Jsondata in the command to IBM-1047? 

Anybody have tried to connect Python on z/OS to Oracle database. I'd appreciate any tips and clues.

Hello everyone, I am trying to setup a Gitlab runner that will SSH from a RHEL into my z/OS USS and execute commands via Rocket Bash. But I am hitting some issues that seems like an encoding issue when my runner is firing the commands and is not getting read correctly on Rocket Bash Running with gitlab-runner 17.3.1 (66269445) on SSH Runner abc123asif, system ID: a_bcde123452c1 Resolving secrets Preparing the "ssh" executor 00:03 Using SSH executor... Preparing environment 00:00 /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'226@24724323120120320525211206@242205243@': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'226@227211227205206201211223^@206211^@242205243@': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'361367362': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'361': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'242226244243210205201242243': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/b

I have git v.2.26.2-82 installed on uss, and it works fine until now for "usual" git commands like git clone, branch, commit, merge etc.I now try "git submodule" for the first time and it returns this error :(my userid is EPLMOH)bash EPLMOH@MVSS:~/work/DSC$ git submodule status fatal: 'submodule' appears to be a git command, but we were not able to execute it. Maybe git-submodule is broken? I have this $PATH:/bin: /usr/lpp/java/J8.0_64/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/python/bin: /bin: /usr/lpp/java2140/J1.4/bin: /usr/lpp/Printsrv/bin: /usr/lpp/Tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/: /usr/lpp/wmqi/bin/: /usr/lpp/lotus/bin: /usr/lpp/lotus/bin/tools: /local/eposd/notesdata: /usr/local/bin: .: /_PRDS/ZOAUTIL/SBGYZFS/bin: /u/eplmoh: /usr/lpp: /usr/lpp/IBM/MVSS/UssTools/git/usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/: <---- git /usr/lpp/IBM/MVSS/UssTools/git/usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/libexec/git-core: <---- git /usr/lpp/ported/apache-ant/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/autoconf/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/automake/bin:Actual path to gi