[Announcement] IBM z/OS Core v1.4.0-beta.2 has released

[ddimatos]

Version 1.4.0-beta.2

• Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Modules

    • zos_copy

      • introduced an updated creation policy referred to as precedence rules
        that if dest_data_set is set, it will take precedence. If
        dest is an empty data set, the empty data set will be written with the
        expectation its attributes satisfy the copy. If no precedent rule
        has been exercised, dest will be created with the same attributes of
        src.
      • introduced new computation capabilities that if dest is a nonexistent
        data set, the attributes assigned will depend on the type of src. If
        src is a USS file, dest will have a Fixed Block (FB) record format
        and the remaining attributes will be computed. If src is binary,
        dest will have a Fixed Block (FB) record format with a record length
        of 80, block size of 32760, and the remaining attributes will be
        computed.
      • enhanced the force option when force=true and the remote file or
        data set dest`` is NOT empty, the destwill be deleted and recreated with thesrcdata set attributes, otherwise it will be recreated with thedest` data set attributes.
      • was enhanced for when src is a directory and ends with "/",
        the contents of it will be copied into the root of dest. It it doesn't
        end with "/", the directory itself will be copied.
      • option dest_dataset has been deprecated and removed in favor
        of the new option dest_data_set.
      • fixes a bug that when a directory is copied from the controller to the
        managed node and a mode is set, the mode is applied to the directory
        on the managed node. If the directory being copied contains files and
        mode is set, mode will only be applied to the files being copied not the
        pre-existing files.
      • fixes a bug that did not create a data set on the specified volume.
      • fixes a bug where a number of attributes were not an option when using
        dest_data_set.
      • fixes a bug where options were not defined in the module
        argument spec that will result in error when running ansible-core
        v2.11 and using options force or mode.

    • zos_operator

      • enhanced to allow for MVS operator SET command, SET is
        equivalent to the abbreviated T command.

    • zos_mount

      • fixed option tag_ccsid to correctly allow for type int.

    • module_utils

      • jobs.py - fixes a utility used by module zos_job_output that would
        truncate the DD content.

  • Documentation

    • Review version 1.4.0-beta.1 release notes for additional content.

• Deprecated or removed

  • zos_copy module option destination_dataset has been renamed to
    dest_data_set.

    • Review version 1.4.0-beta.1 release notes for additional content.

Availability

• Galaxy
• GitHub

Reference

• Supported by z/OS V2R3 or later
• Supported by the z/OS® shell
• Supported by IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python v3.8.2 -
  IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python v3.9.5
• Supported by IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.1.0_ and
  Z Open Automation Utilities 1.1.1

Known Issues

• Review version 1.4.0-beta.1 release notes for additional content.

Deprecation Notices

• Review version 1.4.0-beta.1 release notes for additional content.

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This discussion was created from the release release-v1.4.0-beta.2.

[ddimatos]

Although there are a number of minor fixes and official support for Ansible 2.11, changelog, etc, the most significant changes are the architecture changes made in zos_copy . In this release we introduce our precedence rules on how we create destination data sets and new computational capabilities to aid in creating destinations and aligned our USS operations with the community copy module.