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Migrating to z/OS R8 Part 1 of 3: Get Ready Products Related to z/OS R8 IBM SMP/E for z/OS and OS/390, V3.4 (5655-G44) SMP/E is non-exclusive! incorporated into R7, same level in R8 Availability was September 30, 2005; no charge to z/OS licensed users IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V6 R1 (5655-P14) Debug Tool no longer incorporated, as of z/OS R5 IBM Ported Tools for z/OS (5655-M23) - provides OpenSSH function! IBM Ported Tools for z/OS: Perl for z/OS Feature (5655-M23)- port of the Perl (version 5.8.7) When IBM Ported Tools for z/OS: Perl for z/OS Feature is ordered, it will be sent with IBM Ported Tools for z/OS (which contains the OpenSSH function). An order of IBM Ported Tools for z/OS will not include Perl for z/OS Feature. OpenSSH and Perl for z/OS functions can be run independently. XML Toolkit for z/OS V1 R9 (5655-J51) Contains XML V1R8 and V1R7 levels, as well IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition V1 R4 (5655-M30) Can be ordered and can coexist with IBM SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition V1 R4 (5655-I56) IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, V5 (5655-N99) Can be ordered and can coexist with IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, V5 © 2003 IBM Corporation (5655-N98) Migrating to z/OS R8 Part 1 of 3: Get Ready © 2006 IBM Corporation SMP/E for z/OS and OS/390 Version 3 Release 4 (5655-G44) Beginning with z/OS V1R2 (which was SMP/E V3 R1), SMP/E is nonexclusive because of the introduction of the SMP/E stand-alone product. SMP/E V3.4 is available under its own product number and also remains a base element of z/OS. This allows customers who are licensed for a currently supported release of z/OS to order and install the latest release of SMP/E without having to upgrade their entire operating system. The advantage is that products other than z/OS can exploit the packaging and installation enhancements in SMP/E without having to install the prerequisites for a new level of the operating system. In addition, since SMP/E plays a key role in Internet delivery of software, it allows IBM to exploit the Internet delivery and installation technologies in SMP/E sooner without having to wait for customers to migrate to new levels of the operating system. SMP/E V3.4 is available at no additional charge to customers. It is intended for customers who have a license for z/OS V1 (5694-A01). SMP/E V3.4 is incorporated into z/OS R7, and the same level is also in z/OS R8. SMP/E V3.4 provides the following enhancements for this release: � SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval: SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval is the latest enhancement in IBM's service delivery evolution for the z/OS platform. SMP/E V3.4 will address the common inhibitors to Internet delivery of service, and can simplify and automate the entire z/OS service acquisition process. SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval is designed to order and retrieve z/OS platform service from a dedicated IBM server via the Internet in one simple step right from z/OS. With SMP/E V3.4 you are now able to order and retrieve service on demand to obtain exactly what you need when you need it, or you can automate the service delivery process. By scheduling an SMP/E job to run once a week, or even every night, you can order and download the latest HOLDDATA and PTFs and have these service updates available exactly when you want them. You can request corrective service, three forms of preventive service, and even HOLDDATA. � Corrective: You can request one or more PTFs by name, or You can request PTFs to resolve specific APARs. When you specify one or more APARs, you receive PTFs that resolve the APARs, but only those PTFs that are applicable to your environment. � Preventive: There are three selection options for preventive service: � Critical service includes PTFs that resolve HIPER problems (high impact pervasive) and PTFs in error (PE). SHARE (c) Copyright IBM Corporation, 2006 August 15, 2006 Session 2870 Page 22 of 70 Baltimore, MD 16
Migrating to z/OS R8 Part 1 of 3: Get Ready � Recommended service includes all PTFs with a Recommended Service Update SOURCEID (RSUyynn) and all PTFs that resolve HIPER problems or PTFs in error (critical service). � All service includes all currently available PTFs. � HOLDDATA: When you request HOLDDATA you get only the latest 2-years of Enhanced HOLDDATA for the entire z/OS platform (see http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html for further information on Enhanced HOLDDATA). Your PTF service order is customized to your SMP/E environment using a software inventory file that identifies your installed FMIDs and the PTFs already present in your environment. This means you receive only the PTFs you request that are applicable to your environment plus any requisites you don't already have on hand. Furthermore, your order will not include any PTFs you already have, resulting in an order that is as complete and as small as possible that can be downloaded and installed quickly. The SMP/E RECEIVE command has been extended to support this Internet Service Retrieval capability. The RECEIVE command will use the HTTP 1.0 protocol with SSL to communicate over the Internet with the dedicated IBM server. The server accepts the PTF or HOLDDATA request from SMP/E and responds with the information necessary to download the files of PTFs and HOLDDATA. SMP/E then uses the FTP protocol to download the files from the IBM server to your local z/OS system. � ICSF Mitigation: The z/OS Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility (ICSF) is used by SMP/E to calculate SHA-1 hash values. These hash values are calculated for files within a GIMZIP package to verify the integrity of the data within the package. SMP/E has been enhanced to use an alternate method to calculate SHA-1 hash values if ICSF is not available for use. Although ICSF is the preferred method, SMP/E will no longer require it for use by the GIMZIP and GIMUNZIP service routines, nor for the RECEIVE FROMNETWORK or RECEIVE FROMNTS commands. If SMP/E detects ICSF is not available, then SMP/E will automatically use an SMP/E Java application class to calculate SHA-1 hash values as an alternative. � Improved Load Module Build: The load module build phase of the APPLY, RESTORE and LINK LMODS commands is being enhanced to be more tolerant of allocation errors for the distribution libraries. This accommodates distribution libraries which may be off-line. In this case, SMP/E continues its search for a useable copy of the module instead of immediately failing because of the error allocating the distribution library. SMP/E V3.4 was available on September 30, 2005. ServerPac orders are built using either the default level of SMP/E (which is V3.4) or the lowest supported level of SMP/E that is required for the products in your order. The higher of these two SMP/E levels is used. For example, z/OS orders are built with the level of z/OS SMP/E provided in that release of z/OS. Subsystem orders are built with SMP/E V3.1, unless a product in your order has a dependency on a higher level of SMP/E. Your subsystem order would then be built with the minimum level of SMP/E that satisfies the requirement. The level of SMP/E used to build your order is documented in ServerPac Installing Your Order. If it may be a while until you migrate to z/OS R8, you may want to consider ordering this separate product early (in a CBPDO) in order to take advantage of the new functions in SMP/E right away! If you would like to start using SMP/E V3 R4 to process electronic deliverables, then you may order it using ShopzSeries (http://www.ibm.com/software/shopzseries) or download SMP/E V3 R3 from the download zone. The download zone can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/software/os/ then Downloads (with parallel paths for both OS/390 and z/OS). SMP/E V3 R3 has been available via the download zone since October 1, 2004. IBM Debug Tool for z/OS Version 6 Release 1 (5655-P14) The latest available Debug Tool is the IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V6.1. IBM Debug Tool for z/OS is IBM's interactive source-level debugging tool for compiled applications. It is a program testing and analysis aid that helps you examine, monitor, and control the execution of application programs written in C, C++, COBOL, or PL/I on a z/OS or OS/390 system. By using the disassembly view, Debug Tool also provides support for programs compiled with the NOTEST compiler option, or applications that include other languages. Debug Tool for z/OS V6.1 includes the following new features and enhancements (among many): � Breakpoints, monitors, and settings can now be saved and restored across debug sessions independent of the environment in which Debug Tool is running. � A set of prefix commands has been added so that you can interact with the Monitor window. The prefix commands that are available in the Monitor window will generate the corresponding Debug Tool command line command. These new prefix commands provide a better way to interact with the Monitor window. � You can now set an AT ENTRY breakpoint without Debug Tool knowing about the program ahead of time. This enhancement makes it easier to specify breakpoints. SHARE (c) Copyright IBM Corporation, 2006 August 15, 2006 Session 2870 Page 23 of 70 Baltimore, MD
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