IBM zOS Connector

IBM z/OS Connector is a plugin which lets you connect your Jenkins to z/OS.

What's new?

• 1.2.3 – JESINTERFACELEVEL=1 output changes and configuration corrections.
• 1.2.2 – JESINTERFACELEVEL=1 support.
• 1.2.1 – dummy release.
• 1.2.0.2 – add initial wait before listing jobs in JES (see JENKINS-31757).
• 1.2.0.1 – add error message if job is not listed while waiting for its execution to end (possible problem with JESINTERFACELEVEL=1).
• 1.2.0 – add JobName to output log file name. Change log file naming convention.
• 1.1.1 – add environment variables expansion for "Submit z/OS job" build step. Add loggers.
• 1.1.0 – add MaxCC papameter to 'Submit z/OS job' build step (see JENKINS-29214).
• 1.0.4 – add support for 'RC unknown'.
• 1.0.3 – fix for JENKINS-29173.

About

This plugin provides its functions via FTP connection to IBM z/OS LPAR. You can configure your SCLM project on z/OS and then check for the changes via Jenkins.

Features include:

• Submission of user JCL job (with optional log collected upon finish)

• Introduction of SCLM as SCM for your projects allowing to ceckout SCLM changes
  • The ability to build SCLM projects currently can be performed only via 'Submit zOS Job' build action

Configuration

After you've installed IBM zOS Connector into your jenkins CI you will need to  do the following steps in order to enable its functionality.

SCLM integration

In the Jenkins CI project select 'SCLM' as SCM.

In the menu you have to configure the following parameters:

Additionally, you can specify custom job header and step for SCLM communication. 'Custom job step' means only the libraries needed for ISPF connection. Basically, if you have the standart z/OS installation you'll never need this. However, if the libraries you can see there are named differently or you want to use different version of them, please, define all the DDNames mentioned in the dropping text.

//SCLMEX   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=4096K,TIME=1439,DYNAMNBR=200
//STEPLIB  DD DSN=ISP.SISPLPA,DISP=SHR
//         DD DSN=ISP.SISPLOAD,DISP=SHR
//ISPMLIB  DD DSN=ISP.SISPMENU,DISP=SHR
//ISPSLIB  DD DSN=ISP.SISPSENU,DISP=SHR
//         DD DSN=ISP.SISPSLIB,DISP=SHR
//ISPPLIB  DD DSN=ISP.SISPPENU,DISP=SHR
//ISPTLIB  DD UNIT=@TEMP0,DISP=(NEW,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(1,1,5)),
//            DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=19040,DSORG=PO,RECFM=FB),
//            DSN=
//         DD DSN=ISP.SISPTENU,DISP=SHR
//ISPTABL  DD UNIT=@TEMP0,DISP=(NEW,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(1,1,5)),
//            DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=19040,DSORG=PO,RECFM=FB),
//            DSN=
//ISPPROF  DD UNIT=@TEMP0,DISP=(NEW,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(1,1,5)),
//            DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=19040,DSORG=PO,RECFM=FB),
//            DSN=
//ISPLOG   DD SYSOUT=*,
//            DCB=(LRECL=120,BLKSIZE=2400,DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB)
//ISPCTL1  DD DISP=NEW,UNIT=@TEMP0,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
//            DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800,RECFM=FB)
//SYSTERM  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPROC  DD DSN=ISP.SISPCLIB,DISP=SHR
//FLMMSGS  DD SYSOUT=(*)
//PASCERR  DD SYSOUT=(*)
//ZFLMDD   DD  *
   ZFLMNLST=FLMNLENU    ZFLMTRMT=ISR3278    ZDATEF=YY/MM/DD
/*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=(*)
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=(*)

Advanced setings include an option to notify Jenkins that z/OS FTP server is configured with JESINTERFACELEVEL=1.

Submitting JCL job

Firstly, select 'Submit z/OS job' in the Build Actions.

After that, fill in the following parameters (note that some of the parameters can be specified by system variables):

Additionally, you can make Jenkins CI wait for the job's completion. It will make Jankins CI save the joblog named

Job_Name - [CC] (LPAR - JES_Job_ID) Jenkins_Project_name - Build_ID.log

If you want, you also may limit the time Jenkins waits for the job completion and add MaxCC (so that job which finished with CC=4 will be considered to be OK).
'Delete job log from Spool' allows Jenkins to delete the held job output upon job completion.

Advanced setings include an option to notify Jenkins that z/OS FTP server is configured with JESINTERFACELEVEL=1.

Environment variables

Currently IBM zOS Connector supports the following parameters of "Submit z/OS Job" build step to have any environment variables:

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